Birthdays

Mr George W. Adamson, etcher, illustrator and cartoonist, 81; Mrs Gillian Banks, director, Carnegie Inquiry into the Third Age, 61; Lord Bellwin, former government minister, 71; Mr Peter Bennett, former chairman, WH Smith and Son, 77; Mrs Caroline Bingham, author, 56; Lord Bottomley, former government minister, 87; Mr Eddie Bracken, actor, 74; Miss Dora Bryan, actress, 70; The Earl of Cork and Orrery, writer, artist and broadcaster, 84; Mr Gerald Davies, rugby footballer, 49; The Earl of Harewood, President, British Board of Film Classification, 71; Mr Gareth Hunt, actor, 51; Mr Ian Jack, Editor, the Independent on Sunday, 49; The Hon Peter Jay, writer and broadcaster, 57; Lord Keith of Kinkel, former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 72; Sir John Leahy, former High Commissioner in Australia, 66; Dr Barbara McGibbon, pathologist, 66; Sir George Moseley, former senior civil servant, 69; Mr Geoff Mulcahy, chairman, Kingfisher, 52; Sir Philip Myers, HM Inspector of Constabulary, 63; Mr Roy Watson, former director-general, National Farmers' Union, 68; Sir Brian Windeyer, former Vice-Chancellor, London University, 90.