Birthdays

Mr Jonathan Agnew, cricketer, 34; Mr Peter Attenborough, former Headmaster of Charterhouse, 56; Sir John Beith, former Ambassador to Belgium, 80; Mr Den Dover MP, 56; Mr Paul Downton, cricketer, 37; Mrs Margaret Dupont, former tennis champion, 76; Mlle Marguerite Duras, author and playwright, 80; Brigadier Anne Field, former Deputy Controller Commandant, WRACS, 68; Mr John Marley Fleming, general director, Marketing and Product Planning, Cadillac Cars, 64; Mr Trevor Griffiths, playwright, 59; Mr Jeremy Hands, television reporter, 43; Mr Dave Hill, rock guitarist, 42; Lord Inchyra, Secretary General, British Bankers Association, 59; Earl Jellicoe, President, British Heart Foundation, 76; Mr Gregory Knight MP, a Lord Commissioner, 45; Col Sir Bryce Knox, vice-chairman, Lindustries Ltd, 78; Miss Frances Langford, singer and actress, 81; Viscount Leathers, former director, National Westminster Bank, Outer London Region, 86; Professor David Melville, Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University, 50; Mr Ian Robertson, Director, National Army Museum, 51; Mr Dave Sexton, football manager, 64; Dame Catherine Tizard, Governor- General of New Zealand, 63.