Birthdays

Birthdays

Sir Robert Atkinson, former chairman, British Shipbuilders, 80; Mr William Boyd, author, 44; Mr William Bromley-Davenport, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire, 61; Mr Malcolm Chisholm MP, 47; Mr Gilbert Cooke, former chairman, C.T. Bowring & Co, 73; Mr Michael Finnissy, composer and pianist, 50; Mrs Deborah Forbes, Headmistress, Queen Anne's School, Caversham, 50; Sir Kenneth Green, Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University, 62; Sir Anthony Hidden, High Court judge, 60; Mr John Horam MP, 57; Mr Dan Jacobson, novelist, 67; Mr Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, 51; Sir Anthony Lambert, former ambassador to Portugal, 85; Sir John Latey, former High Court judge, 82; Mr Ivan Lendl, tennis player, 36; Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, a former Lord Justice of Appeal in Ordinary, 75; Professor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, sculptor, 72; Professor Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, molecular biophysicist, 72; Mr Piers Paul Read, novelist and author, 55; Mr Viv Richards, cricketer, 44; Mr Mark Rowland, athlete, 33; The Earl of Snowdon, photographer, 66; Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, explorer, 52; Dame Margaret Weston, former director of the Science Museum, 70.