Birthdays

Prince Edward, 30; Sir Lawrence Airey, former chairman, Board of Inland Revenue, 68; Sir Robert Bellinger, former Lord Mayor of London, 84; Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett, 81; Mr Paul Condon, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 47; Baroness Falkender, former Private and Political Secretary to Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, 62; Mr Fou Ts'ong, pianist, 60; Sir Angus Fraser, former chairman of the Board, Customs and Excise, 66; Dame Margaret Fry, political organiser, 63; Rear-Admiral Sir John Garnier, Private Secretary to Princess Alexandra, 60; Sir Samuel Goldman, former senior civil servant, 82; Mr Warren Hawksley MP, 51; Mr Terry Holmes, rugby player, 37; Mr Hugh Johnson, wine connoisseur, 55; General Sir John Learmont, Quarter Master General, Ministry of Defence, 60; Mr Anthony Leonard, chief constable, Humberside, 55; Sir Michael Straker, former chairman, Aycliffe and Peterlee Development Corporations, 66; Mr Peter Wormald, Registrar General for England and Wales, 58.