Birthdays

Mr Michael Alison MP, Second Church Estates Commissioner, 68; The Right Rev Leonard Ashton, Honorary Assistant Bishop, Oxford, 79; Mr Eustace Braithwaite, writer and diplomat, 72; Mr Tommy Cannon, comedian, 56; Mr David Clelland MP, 51; Mr Alan Coren, author, journalist and broadcaster, 56; The Most Rev Maurice Couve de Murville, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, 65; Miss Brenda Cowderoy, former general secretary, Girls' Friendly Society, 69; Professor Michael Dummett, Wykeham Professor Emeritus of Logic, Oxford University, 69; Miss Shirley Ann Field, actress, 56; Mr Robin Guthrie, director, Social and Economic Affairs, Council of Europe, 57; Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Halliday, 71; Mr Rupert Hambro, group managing director, JO Hambro, 51; Mr Ron Hayward, former general secretary, Labour Party, 77; Lord Hope, Lord Justice-General of Scotland, 56; Mr Bruce Johnston, singer, 50; Mr Ian Lang MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, 53; Mr Bruce McGowan, former headmaster, Haberdashers' Aske's School, 70; Lt-Cdr Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Lord-Lieutenant of Lochaber, Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, 66; Miss Muriel Pavlow, actress, 72; Mr Eric Richard, actor, 54; Dr Thurstan Shaw, archaeologist, 80; The Very Rev Alan Warren, Provost Emeritus of Leicester, 62; Mr William Wilson, Chief Constable, Central Scotland, 51; Mr Hugh Wood, composer, 62; Mr Terence Wynn, MEP, 48.