Birthdays

The Duke of Gloucester, 50; Mr HW 'Bunny' Austin, former tennis player, 88; Sir Kenneth Barnes, former senior civil servant, 72; The Right Rev Alan Chesters, Bishop of Blackburn, 57; Mrs Joan Clanchy, Headmistress, North London Collegiate School, 55; Mr Howard Clark, golfer, 40; Mr Gordon Clough, radio presenter, 60; Mr Michael Cockerell, television reporter, 54; Mr Richard Dales, High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, 52; Mr Geoffrey Dickens MP, 63; Maj-Gen Norman Foster, 85; Mr Peter Fowler, High Commissioner to Bangladesh, 58; Mr Stuart Graham, former chairman, International Commodities Clearing House, 73; Mr Tim Maby, radio news reporter and presenter, 47; Sir Ian McGregor, tropical medicine authority, 72; Mr Malcolm Pyrah, show jumper, 53; Mr Graham Riddick MP, 39; Miss Alison Steadman, actress, 48; Mr Dennis Turner MP, 52; General Sir Harry Tuzo, former deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 77; Professor John Varey, former principal, Westfield College, 72; The Right Rev Maurice Wood, former Bishop of Norwich, 78; Mr Steve Wright, disc jockey, 46.