Birthdays

Mr Patrick Brown, senior civil servant, 54; Miss Julie Christie, actress, 54; Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Dalton, former deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, 63; Mr Bradford Dillman, actor, 64; Sir John Gielgud, actor, 90; Mr Gerry Gillman, former trade union leader, 67; Lord Hastings, farmer and former government minister, 82; Miss Valerie Hobson (Mrs John Profumo), former actress, 77; The Right Rev Dr David Hope, Bishop of London, 54; Mr Paddy Hopkirk, racing rally driver, 61; Mr Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist, 43; Mr William Lucas, actor, 69; Miss Loretta Lynn, country singer, 59; Mr Michael Maclagan, former Richmond Herald of Arms, 80; Col Sir Robert Macrae, former Lord- Lieutenant of Orkney, 79; The Right Rev Michael Marshall, Archbishops' adviser on Evangelism, 58; Baroness Masham of Ilton, 59; Mr Patrick Ramsay, former Controller, BBC Scotland, 68; The Right Rev Leslie Rees, Assistant Bishop, Winchester, 75; Professor John Roberts, Warden, Merton College, Oxford, 66; The Ven Raymond Roberts, former Chaplain of the Fleet, 63; Mr David Skipper, director, Westminster Centre for Education, 63; Mr Rod Steiger, actor, 69; Miss Elizabeth Symons, trade union leader, 43; Sir Peter Thompson, Life President, NFC plc, 66; Mr George Walker, former chairman and chief executive, Brent Walker, 65; Baroness Warnock, former Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, 70.