Birthdays

Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, Lord- Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, 67; Mr Julian Critchley MP, 62; Sir Peter Daniell, former Senior Government Broker, 83; Mr Harold Elletson MP, 32; Professor Sir Roger Elliott, physicist, 64; Richard Fleischer, film director, 76; Mr Lucian Freud, painter, 70; Mr James Galway, flautist, 53; Sir de Villiers Graaff, former leader, South African United Party, 79; Mrs Pauline Green, MEP, 44; Mr Ian Greig, cricketer, 37; Mr Geoff Hurst, footballer, 51; Sir Peter Levene, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Environment, 51; Miss Jenny Linden, actress, 52; Mr Terry McDermott, footballer, 41; Lord Prys-Davies, solicitor and politician, 69; Mr Paul Rutherford, singer, 33; Sir Arthur Rymill, former company chairman and politician, 85; Mr Maximilian Schell, actor, 62; Dr Sir Alan Stewart, former Vice- Chancellor of Massey University, 75; Mr Michael Unger, editor, Manchester Evening News, 49; Sir William Wood, former Second Crown Estate Commissioner, 76.