Birthdays

Mr Tony Britton, actor, 70; Mr Edgar Evans, tenor, 82; Mr Geraint Gruffydd, Director, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, 66; Mr Jeremy Hardie, former chairman, National Provident Institution, 56; Sir Peter Heatly, former chairman, Commonwealth Games Federation, 70; Mr Douglas Henderson MP, 45; Mr Royston Hughes MP, 69; Mr Derek Hunt, chairman and chief executive, MFI, 55; Mr Roger Hurn, chairman and chief executive, Smiths Industries, 56; Miss Sheila Keith, actress, 74; Sir Nicholas Lloyd, Editor of the Daily Express, 52; Mr Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defence, 78; Mr Michael Mates MP, 60; General Sir Geoffrey Musson, former Adjutant-General, 84; Mrs June O'Dell, director, Aylesbury Vale Community Healthcare NHS Trust, 65; Mr S. Gorley Putt, educationist and author, 81; Mr Charles Saatchi, advertising executive, 51; Mr Peter Sanders, former chief executive, Commission for Racial Equality, 56; Sir Douglas Smith, former chairman, Acas, 62; Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick Symons, former Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe, 61; Mr David Troughton, actor, 44.