Birthdays

Sir David Alliance, chairman, Coats Viyella, 62; Sir Thomas Armstrong, former Principal, Royal Academy of Music, 96; Mr Richard Baker, broadcaster, 69; Mr Simon Callow, actor, 45; Miss Mary Ellis, singer and actress, 94; Mr Ken Fletcher, tennis player, 54; Sir John Fretwell, former ambassador to France, 64; Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Gilbert, 63; The Most Rev Trevor Huddleston, human rights campaigner, 81; Mr John Humphries, deputy chairman, Environment Council, 69; Mr Leonard Lewis, hairdresser, 56; Lt-Col Sir Michael Llewellyn, Lord- Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, 73; Mr Henry McLeish MP, 46; Admiral Sir Charles Madden, former Commander- in-Chief, Home Fleet, 88; Mr John Morrison, former President, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 81; Lord Murray QC, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 72; Mr David Newsome, former Master of Wellington College, 65; Miss Nicola Pagett, actress, 49; Mr Geoffrey Parsons, concert accompanist, 65; Mr John Redwood MP, Secretary of State for Wales, 43; Miss Margaret Rudland, Headmistress, Godolphin and Latymer School, 49; The Rev Martin Smyth MP, 63; Sir Ninian Stephen, former Governor-General of Australia, 71.