Birthdays

Sir Michael Angus, chairman, Whitbread, 63; Mr Vivian Anthony, secretary, Headmasters' Conference, 55; Mr Grahame Clinton, cricketer, 40; Professor Monica Cole, geographer, 71; Miss Jean Corston MP, 51; Sir Alan Donald, former diplomat, 62; Miss Alice Faye, actress and singer, 78; Sir Charles Fletcher- Cooke QC, former MP, 79; Mrs Joanna Foster, chairman, Equal Opportunities Commission, 54; Sir Victor Garland, former Australian High Commissioner, 59; General Sir Charles Harington, 83; Sir Brian Hayes, former senior civil servant, 64; Maj-Gen Walter Hutton, former Home Bursar, Jesus College, Oxford, 81; Mr Vernon Mann, television journalist, 48; Mr John Maxton MP, 57; Mr Michael Palin, comedian, broadcaster and writer, 50; Lady Plowden, former chairman, IBA, 83; Mr Barry Reed, chairman, Austin Reed Group, 62; Mr Roger Rees, actor and playwright, 49; Mr James Stevens, composer, 63; Mr Ronald Utiger, company director, 67; Miss Dilys Watling, actress, 47; The Right Rev Gordon Wheeler, Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, 83; Professor Glanmor Williams, historian, 73; Miss Tammy Wynette, singer, 51; Mr Gerard Young, former Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, 83.