Birthdays

Queen Ingrid of Denmark, 84; Sir Dirk Bogarde, actor and author, 73; The Hon George Bruce, portrait and landscape painter, 64; Professor Lord Butterfield, former Master, Downing College, Cambridge, 74; Sir Robert Clarke, chairman, United Biscuits, 65; Mr Richard Eyre, Artistic Director, Royal National Theatre, 51; Mr Robert Harris, actor, 94; Mr James Hawley, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, 57; Mr Peter Holwell, Principal, London University, 58; Lord Hutchinson of Lullington QC, former Recorder of the Crown Court, 79; Lord Judd, social and political affairs adviser, 59; Mr Neil Kinnock MP, 52; Mr Raymond Lister, artist and author, 75; Mr Martin Neary, Organist and Master of Choristers, Westminster Abbey, 54; Mr Michael Parkinson, television and radio presenter, 59; Dr Derek Roberts, Provost, University College London, 62; Professor Merton Sandler, chemical pathologist, 68; Lord Shaughnessy, director, Arbor Capital, Toronto, 72; Mr Jack Simmons, cricketer, 53; Sir John Stephenson, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 84; Mr Richard Stilgoe, entertainer and musician, 51; Mr Peter Wilmot-Sitwell, chairman, SG Warburg, 59.