Birthdays

Birthdays

The Marquess of Anglesey, former Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd, 75; Miss Betty Boothroyd MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, 68; Professor Sir John Cadogan, chemist, 67; Viscount Caldecote, former chairman, Delta Group, 80; Professor Garth Chapman, zoologist, 80; Sir Nicolas Cheetham, former ambassador, 87; Mr Emrys Davies, former High Commissioner to Barbados, 63; Professor Hugh de Wardener, physician and nephrologist, 82; Sir Edward Eveleigh, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 80; Mr Edgar Fay, QC, former circuit judge, 89; Sir Michael Fox, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, 76; Mr Brandon Gough, former chairman, Coopers & Lybrand, 60; Mr John Hardman, former chairman, Asda, 58; Professor Sir Richard Harrison, anatomist, 77; Mr Neil Harvey, cricketer, 69; Mr Bill Maynard, actor, 69; Mr Alasdair Milne, former director-general, BBC, 67; Dr Cesar Milstein, biologist and biochemist, 70; Miss Bel Mooney, writer and broadcaster, 51; Sir Mark Oliphant, physicist and former Governor of South Australia, 96; Dame Merle Park, principal, Royal Ballet, and director, Royal Ballet School, 60; The Very Rev John Paterson, former Moderator of the Church of Scotland, 75; The Hon Sir Peter Ramsbotham, former ambassador to Washington, 78; Mr Ray Reardon, snooker player, 65; Mr Albert Roux, chef de cuisine, 62; Sir Robert Scholey, former chairman of British Steel, 76; Mr Dennis Silk, chairman, Test and County Cricket Board, 66; Mr Godfrey Talbot, writer and broadcaster, 89; Sir Ray Tindle, chairman, Tindle Newspapers, 71; Mr Peter Wood, theatre and television director, 69.