Birthdays

Mr Franta Belsky, sculptor, 73; Sir Paul Beresford MP, 48; Mr Rodney Bickerstaffe, associate general secretary, Unison, 49; Mr John Brooke-Little, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, 67; Miss Anne Campbell MP, 54; Miss Joan Carlyle, soprano, 63; Mr Bernard Carter, painter and etcher, 74; Mr Anthony Chubb, former chairman, Foseco, 66; Mr Paul Daniels, magician, 56; Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer, 84; Mr Julian Faber, former chairman, Willis, Faber and Dumas, 77; Mr Willis Hall, writer, 65; Dr David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury, 67; Sir John Knox, High Court judge, 69; Lord Moore of Wolvercote, former private secretary to the Queen, 73; Mr Gerry Mulligan, saxophonist and bandleader, 67; The Rev Ian Paisley MP, 68; Miss Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano, 50; Mr Andre Previn, composer and conductor, 65; Mr Timothy Sandeman, former chairman, George G. Sandeman, 66; Mr Dudley Sutton, actor, 61; Mr Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, 38; Professor James D. Watson, geneticist, 66; Sir Marcus Worsley Bt, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, 69.