Birthdays

Mr Ernest Bradbury, writer and broadcaster, 74; Mr Peter Brooke, MP, Secretary of State for National Heritage, 59; Sir George Gardiner MP, 58; Mr David Glencross, chief executive, ITC, 57; Dr Rod Hackney, past president, RIBA, 51; Mr Takashi Ishihara, chairman, Nissan Motor Co, 81; Mr Martin Lovett, musician and teacher, 66; Mr Maurice Lynn, assistant master, Westminster School, 42; Mrs Eleanor McLaughlin, former Lord Provost and Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh, 55; Air Vice-Marshal Charles Maughan, 70; Lord Mellish, former government minister, 80; Mr Peter O'Sullevan, racing commentator, 75; Mr Hugh Radcliffe, former chairman, Dun and Bradstreet, 82; Miss Miranda Richardson, actress, 35; Mr Ronald Searle, artist and cartoonist, 73; Lord Templeman, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 73; Miss Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower, 32.