Birthdays

Birthdays

Prince Henry of Wales, 14; The Rev Professor Peter Ackroyd, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies, London University, 81; Mr Richard Arnell, composer, conductor and film maker, 81; Mr Charles Bone, painter and lecturer, 72; Professor John Russell Brown, professor of theatre, 75; General Eva Burrows, Salvation Army, 69; Mr Jackie Cooper, actor, 76; Mr Thomas Duggin, diplomat, 51; Lord Eden of Winton, former government minister, 73; Professor Brian Fender, chief executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England, 64; Mr Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor, 65; Dr Richard Gordon, novelist, 77; Lord Harris of Peckham, company chairman, 56; Mr David Lepper MP, 53; Mr William Marsden, ambassador to Argentina, 52; Mr Clive Merrison, actor, 53; Mr Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman, the Shell Transport and Trading Co., 58; Miss Jessye Norman, soprano, 53; Viscount Norwich, architectural writer, 69; Mr Abdul Qadir, Pakistan cricketer, 43; Mr Glen Renfrew, former chief executive of Reuters, 70; Sir Clive Rose, former diplomat, 77; Sir Konrad Schiemann, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 61; Lady Soames (Mary Soames), writer, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, 76; Mr Oliver Stone, film director, 52; Sir Peter Studd, former Lord Mayor of London, 82; Mr Graham Taylor, manager, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, 54; Mr James Tidmarsh, Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol, 66; Sir Richard Way, former university principal, 84; Professor Alan Whitehead MP, 48; Sir John Williams, former diplomat, 76; Mr David Willmott, radio presenter and writer, 67.