Birthdays

Mr Stuart Andrews, former head master, Clifton College, 62; Mr Christopher Castleman, formerly chief executive, Hill Samuel, 53; The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick, former master, Peterhouse College, Cambridge, 74; Sir David Crouch, former MP, 75; Sir Oswald Davies, former chairman, AMEC, 74; Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford University, 64; Mr Adam Faith, singer and actor, 54; The Most Rev Dr John Habgood, Archbishop of York, 67; Mr Alan Haselhurst MP, 57; Mr Julian Hipwood, polo player, 48; Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, 54; Miss Miriam Karlin, actress, 69; Admiral Sir Horace Law, 83; Mr Robert Litherland MP, 64; Mrs Patricia McLaughlin, former MP, 78; Professor James Meade, political economist, 87; Sir Peter Millett, High Court judge, 62; Lord Newall, Chairman, British Greyhound Racing Board, 64; Miss Maggie Philbin, broadcaster, 39; Mr John Prebble, novelist, historian and playwright, 79; Sir Martin Rees, astronomer, 52; Professor Isaac Schapera, anthropologist, 89; Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Professor of Animal Pathology, Cambridge University, 68; The Right Rev Keith Sutton, Bishop of Lichfield, 60; Mr Anthony Thwaite, poet, 64; Col John Timmins, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, 62; Miss Irene Worth, actress, 78.