Birthdays

Miss Elkie Brooks, singer, 49; Mr Tom Courtenay, actor, 57; Lord Crickhowell, chairman, National Rivers Authority, 60; Sir Antony Duff, former Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office, 74; Mr Farokh Engineer, cricketer, 56; Sir Alexander Gordon, architect, 77; Mr George Harrison, former Beatle, 51; Mr Tony Lloyd MP, 44; Mr Harvey McGregor QC, Warden, New College, Oxford, 68; Dr Lewis Moonie MP, 47; Mr Robert Neame, brewer, 60; Maj- Gen Sir Laurence New, former Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, 62; Sir Roger Parker, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, 71; Mr David Puttnam, film producer, 53; The Right Rev Cyril Restieaux, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, 84; Lt-Col John Stephenson, former Secretary, MCC, 63; Professor Stewart Sutherland, Vice-Chancellor, London University, 53; Mr Anthony Verity, Master, Dulwich College, 55; Sir Ian Wallace, company director and politician, 78; Mr Michael Wheeler-Booth, Clerk of the Parliaments, 60; Marshal of the RAF Sir Keith Williamson, former Chief of Air Staff, 66.