Birthdays

Mr Kenneth Armitage, sculptor, 78; Lady Bingley, Research Social Worker, City Corporation, 69; Mr Edward Bond, playwright and stage director, 60; Mr Richard Branson, founder and chairman, Virgin Group, 44; Mr Dave Cash, disc jockey, 52; Mr George Doggart, cricket historian and former headmaster, 69; Sir William Doughty, chairman, North West Thames Regional Health Authority, 69; Viscount Esher, former Rector, Royal College of Art, 81; Mr Nick Faldo, golfer, 37; Mr John Fraser, chairman and chief executive, Ciba-Geigy, 63; Senator John Glenn, former astronaut, 73; Mr David Hemery, athlete, 50; Miss Elizabeth Jennings, author, 68; Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly, former Director-

General of Intelligence, 79; Mr Dennis Lillee, cricketer, 45; Mr Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, 76; Mr Anthony Miles, publisher, 64; Mr Richard Pasco, actor, 68; Sir Brooks Richards, former diplomat, 76; Sir Robert Speed QC, former Counsel to the Speaker, 89; Dr Martin Stephen, headmaster, The Perse School, Cambridge, 45; Mr Hugh Stephenson, writer and journalist, 56; Sir Jamie Stormonth Darling, former director, National Trust for Scotland, 76; Mrs Mary Stott, journalist, 87; Mr Peter Ensor Walters, fund-raising consultant, 82; Dr Basil Weedon, former vice-Chancellor, Nottingham University, 71; Mr Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet, 61.