Birthdays

Birthdays

Lord Allen of Abbeydale, former senior civil servant, 84; Mr Jon Bannenberg, yacht designer, 67; Dr Robert Barnes, metallurgist, 72; Dr Kate Bertram, former President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, 84; Sir Robin Biggam, chairman, BICC, 58; Mr Christopher Brown, Headmaster, Norwich School, 52; The Hon Mrs Mary Corsar, former Chairman, WRVS, 69; Sir Peter Darby, former Chief Inspector, Fire Services, 72; Lord Dervaird, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Edinburgh University, 61; Mr Leslie East, publishing director, Novello & Co, 47; Mr Keith Fielding, rugby player, 47; Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar, former government minister, 70; Mr Bruce Gyngell, former managing director, TV-am, 67; Mr Bernard Henderson, chairman, British Waterways, 68; Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman MP, 72; Dr Peter Knight, Vice-Chancellor, University of Central England in Birmingham, 49; Maj- Gen Robert Loudoun, former Director, Mental Health Foundation, 74; Viscount Mersey, film director, 62; Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin, Controller, RAF Benevolent Fund, 58; The Right Rev Derek Rawcliffe, Assistant Bishop, Ripon, 75; Viscount Samuel, Emeritus Professor of physical chemistry, 74; Herr Walter Scheel, former President, West Germany, 77; Sir Roy Shaw, former Secretary-General, the Arts Council, 78; Mr Brian Walden, journalist and broadcaster, 64; Sir Peter Watkin Williams, former Chief Justice of Malawi, 85; Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler, 79; The Very Rev Michael Whinney, Assistant Bishop, Birmingham, 66.