Birthdays

Sir Nicholas Barrington, High Commissioner to Pakistan, 59; Miss Gloria DeHaven, actress, 69; Sir Alastair Down, former chairman, Burmah Oil, 79; Mr David Essex, entertainer, 46; Mr Michael Foot, former MP, 80; Mr Graham Gooch, cricketer, 40; Mr Alastair Graham, former head master, Mill Hill School, 61; The Rev Mrs Betsy Haworth, deacon and non-stipendiary minister, 69; Sir Harry Hookway, pro-chancellor, Loughborough University, 72; Mrs Elspeth Huxley, author, 86; Sir Charles Kerruish, president of Tynwald, Isle of Man, 76; Mr Viktor Korchnoi, chess champion, 62; Mr David Lawman, former chairman, Prestige Group, 72; Mr Clive Rice, cricketer, 44; Sir Richard Rogers, architect, 60; Professor Andrew Rutherford, former warden, Goldsmiths' College, 64; Mr Richard Searby QC, deputy chairman, News Corporation Ltd, Australia, 62; Sir John Stokes, former MP, 76; Mr Peter Twiss, former test pilot, 72.