Birthdays

Lady Elizabeth Anson, party planner, 53; Mr Derek Barron, former chairman and chief executive, Ford Motor Co, 65; The Right Rev Michael Baughen, Bishop of Chester, 64; Miss Ann Beach, actress and singer, 56; Sir Wilfred Cockcroft, chairman, Educational Project Resources, 71; Mr David Coleridge, chairman, Sturge Holdings, 62; Miss Elizabeth Counsell, actress, 52; Sir Murray Fox, former Lord Mayor of London, 82; Mr Martyn Goff, former chief executive, Book Trust, 71; Mr James Ivory, film director, 66; Mr Peter Jones, former director, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 69; Mr Tom Jones, singer, 54; Mr Jaime Laredo, violinist, 53; Lord Luke, life president, Electrolux, 89; Sir Eric McDowell, chairman, Capita Management Consultants, 69; Miss Virginia McKenna, actress, 63; Mr Dean Martin, singer and actor, 76; Mr Thomas Arfon Owen, Director, Welsh Arts Council, 61; Mr Michael Pennington, actor and writer, 51; Mr Ronald Pickup, actor, 54; Mr Neal Radford, cricketer, 37; Mr Jim Rose, former chairman, Penguin Books, 85; The Very Rev John A Simpson, Dean of Canterbury, 61; Professor William Stewart, Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office, 59; The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, deputy Chief Whip, 37; Mr Norman Strouse, popular composer, 66; Miss Jessica Tandy, actress, 85; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson, Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Air Forces, 53; Mr John Turner QC, former Prime Minister of Canada, 65; Mr Mark Young, trade union leader, 65.