Birthdays

Mr Alexander Bennett, former chairman, Whitbread and Co, 81; Air Commandant Dame Jean Bromet, former Director of the WRAF, 82; Mr Basil Collins, former chairman, Nabisco, 71; Mrs Chris Evert-Lloyd, tennis champion, 40; Miss Jane Fonda, actress, 57

; Mr James Hill MP, 68; Mr Peter Johnson, Headmaster, Wrekin College, 47; Sir Frederick Lawton, former judge, 83; Mr Albert Lee, rock guitarist, 51; Mr Geoff Lewis, horse-racing trainer, 59; Mr Wyndham Milligan, former Principal, Wolsey Hall, Oxford, 87

; Sir John Nabarro, consultant physician, 79; Mr Steve Perryman, footballer, 43; Mr Anthony Powell, novelist, 89; Mr John Quayle, actor, 56; Sir John Quinton, former chairman, Barclays Bank, 65; Mr Donald Regan, former US Secretary of the Treasury, 76; Fl

t Lt William Reid VC, 73; Mr Thomas Robinson, honorary president, Dickinson Robinson Group, 82; Brigadier Vera Rooke, former Director, Army Nursing Services, 70; Mr Walter Spanghero, rugby player, 51; Mr Greville Starkey, jockey, 55; Mr Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, 50; Mr Peter Tinniswood, playwright, 58; Mr Cyril Townsend MP, 57; Mr James Tye, Director-general, British Safety Council, 73; Mr Doug Walters, former cricketer, 49; Mr Alan Williams MP, 49; Mr Carl Wilson, guitarist, 48.