Birthdays

Mrs Janet Anderson MP, 44; Lord Ashley of Stoke, former MP, 71; The Right Rev Patrick Barry, Abbot of Ampleforth, 76; Lt-Col Sir Charles Richmond Brown Bt, former Deputy Lieutenant, North Riding of Yorkshire, 91; Mr Dave Brubeck, jazz musician, 73; Vice-Admiral Sir John Cadell, district general manager, Canterbury and Thanet Health Authority, 64; Lord Clinton-Davis, former MP, 65; Air Marshal Sir John Curtiss, 69; Miss Wendy Ellis, ballerina, 42; Lord Emslie, former Lord Justice-General of Scotland, 74; Earl Granville, Lord-Lieutenant, Islands Area of the Western Isles, 75; Mrs Jill Hammersley-Parker, table-tennis player, 42; Mr Geoffrey Hoon MP, 40; Miss Tessa Kennedy, interior decorator, 55; Mr Jonathan King, broadcaster and pop producer, 49; Sir Richard Lloyd, chairman, Vickers plc, 65; Sir Nicholas Lyell, QC MP, Attorney General, 55; The Right Rev Professor Eric Mercer, former Bishop of Exeter, 76; Sir George Pinker, gynaecological surgeon, 69; Professor Lord Porter of Luddenham OM, former president of the Royal Society, 73; Mr Keke Rosberg, motor-racing champion, 45; Mr Richard Shepherd MP, 51; Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites, former principal, Westfield College, London University, 70; Mr Charles Vance, actor, director and producer, 64; The Right Rev Peter Walker, former Bishop of Ely, 74; Mr Cyril Washbrook, former England cricketer, 79; Mr Peter Willey, former England cricketer, 44.