Birthdays
Birthdays
Mr Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland, 61; Mr Stuart Andrews, former Headmaster, Clifton College, 66; Mr Christopher Castleman, formerly chief executive, Hill Samuel, 57; The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick, former Master, Peterhouse College, Cambridge, 78; Mr Nicholas Cleobury, conductor, 48; Mr Michael Davies, chairman, Simon Engineering, 64; Sir John Elliott, former Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford University, 68; Mr Adam Faith, singer and actor, 58; The Right Rev Lord Habgood, former Archbishop of York, 71; Sir Alan Haselhurst MP, 61; Mr John Hayes MP, 40; Mr Julian Hipwood, polo player, 52; Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, Lord Chancellor, 58; Miss Miriam Karlin, actress, 73; Admiral Sir Horace Law, 87; Sir Peter Millett, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 66; Lord Newall, Chairman, British Greyhound Racing Board, 68; Mrs Anne Owers, director, Justice, 51; Miss Maggie Philbin, broadcaster, 43; Mr James Plaskitt MP, 44; Mr John Prebble, novelist, historian and playwright, 83; Sir John Pringle, a judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland, 69; Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, 56; Professor Isaac Schapera, anthropologist, 93; Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Emeritus Professor of Animal Pathology, Cambridge University, 72; The Right Rev Keith Sutton, Bishop of Lichfield, 64; Mr Anthony Thwaite, poet, 68; Colonel John Timmins, Lord- Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, 66; Miss Irene Worth, actress, 82.
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