Birthdays

Mr Arnold Allen, former chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority, 70; Mr Gordon Banks, footballer, 57; Mr David Bedford, athlete, 45; Professor Sir Roy Calne, surgeon and immunologist, 64; Mr Anthony Cripps QC, 81; Mr Geraint Davies, Controller, BBC W ales, 51; Mr Bo Diddley, singer, composer and guitarist, 66; General Sir David Fraser, former UK representative to Nato, 74; Sir Archibald Hamilton MP, 53; Lord Harvington, former Deputy Speaker, House of Commons, 87; Sir John Houghton, former chief exec utive, Meteorological Office, 63; Lord Howick of Glendale, a former managing director, Baring Bros, 57; Dame Rosalinde Hurley, microbiologist, 65; Mr Mark Kaplan, violinist, 41; The Right Rev Peter Nott, Bishop of Norwich, 61; Mrs Gwendolen Randall, Head , Framlingham College, 44; Sir Albert Robinson, former High Commissioner in the UK for Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 79; Mr Nick Skelton, show jumper, 37; Lord Terrington, former member of the Stock Exchange, 79; Miss Tracy Ullman, actress and comedienne, 35;

Mr David G. Wadsworth, Chief Education Officer for Bedfordshire, 50; Sir David Willcocks, former director, Royal College of Music, 75; Mr Clifford Williams, former associate director, Royal Shakespeare Company, 68.