Birthdays

Lord Aberdare, Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 74; Mr Anthony Abrahams, advocate and solicitor, Brunei Darussalam, 70; Lord Astor of Hever, company managing director, 47; Miss Eileen Atkins, actress, 59; Lord Patrick Beresford, bloodstock agent, 59; Mr James Bolam, actor, 55; Mr Michael Culver, actor, 55; Mr Tom Graveney, cricketer, 66; Mr John Hadfield, author and publisher, 86; Professor Harold Hanham, Vice-Chancellor, Lancaster University, 65; Maj- Gen Richard Jelf, 89; The Right Rev David Konstant, Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, 63; Mr Rodney Lund, former chairman, Short Brothers, 57; Mr Neil MacGregor, director, National Gallery, 47; Mr Ian Matthew, singer and songwriter, 47; Professor Robert Matthews, Master, Clare College, Cambridge, 66; Sir John Peel, former MP, 81; Lord Perry of Walton, former Vice-Chancellor, Open University, 72; Mr Enoch Powell, former MP, 81; Lord Richardson, former president, General Medical Council, 83; Sir Ralph Robins, chairman, Rolls-Royce, 61; Miss Helen Ryan, actress, 55; Mr John Salthouse, actor, 42; Professor Erich Segal, classicist and screenwriter, 56; Mr David Whelton, managing director, the Philharmonia Orchestra, 39; Mr Simon Williams, actor, 47.