Birthdays

Mr John Alldis, conductor, 65; Mr Noah Beery, actor, 78; Sir Frank Bowden Bt, landowner and industrialist, 85; Dame Gillian Brown, former diplomat, 71; Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 61; Sir Lawrence Byford, management consultant, 69; Mrs Leila Campbell, former chairman, ILEA, 83; General Sir George Cooper, former Chief Royal Engineer, 69; Mr Eddie Fisher, singer, 66; Miss Rhonda Fleming, actress, 71; Professor Alexander Goehr, composer, 62; Sir Alan Hardcastle, former head of Government Accountancy Service, 61; Mr Leonard Lickorish, former director- general, British Travel Association, 73; Mrs Barbara Mills, QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, 54; Miss Kate O'Mara, actress, 55; Mr David Rowland, chairman of Lloyd's, 61; Lord Stewartby, former government minister, 59; Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, literary consultant, 75; Mr Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire, 54; Miss Jane Wyatt, actress, 83.