Birthdays

Mr Ginger Baker, rock drummer, 53; Professor Quentin Bell, painter, sculptor and art historian, 82; Commandant Daphne Blundell, former director, WRNS, 76; Mr Gordon Brand Jr, golfer, 34; Mrs Judith Chaplin MP, 53; Sir Malcolm Hilbery Chaplin, senior partner, Hilbery Chaplin, 53; Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe, former MP, 63; Mr Kenneth Dixon, former chairman, Rowntree plc, 63; The Right Rev Dr Gerald Ellison, former Bishop of London, 82; Lord Ennals, chairman, United Nations Association, 70; Sir Francis Ferris, High Court judge, 60; Dame Rose Heilbron, former High Court judge, 78; Mr Edmund Heward, former Chief Master of the Supreme Court, 80; Mr Richard Ingrams, editor, the Oldie, 55; Mr Arthur Ives, former secretary King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 88; Mr Billy J. Kramer, rock singer, 49; Mr Bernard Levin, journalist and author, 64; Mr David Lodge, actor, 71; Mr Hugh Manning, actor, 72; Mr John Marshall MP, 52; Mr Michael Roper, Keeper of Public Records, 60; Miss Jill St John, actress, 52; Mr Willie Shoemaker, jockey, 61; Mr John Mark Taylor MP, Under- Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Department, 51; Mr Georg von Mallinckrodt, executive chairman, Schroders, 62.