Birthdays

Mr Milton Babbitt, composer, 78; Mr Win Bischoff, group chief executive, Schroders, 53; Mr William Cash MP, 54; Lord Collison, former agricultural workers' leader, 85; Sir Brian Corby, chairman, Prudential Corporation, 65; Maj-Gen Peter Davies, Director General, RSPCA, 56; Sir John Dugdale, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, 71; Maj-Gen Edward Fursdon, defence consultant, 69; Sir Edward Gardner QC, 82; Sir Basil Kelly, a Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 74; Miss June Knox-Mawer, radio presenter, 64; Lady Lucinda Lambton (Lady Worsthorne), writer, broadcaster and photographer, 51; Sir John Laws, High Court judge, 49; Miss Maureen Lipman, actress, 48; Sir William Lithgow, industrialist and farmer, 60; Lord Milligan, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 60; Lt-Gen Sir Anthony Mullens, former Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, 58; Lord Mustill, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 63; Sir David Orr, Chancellor, Queen's University of Belfast, 72; Sir Angus Paton, civil engineer, 89; Mr Bruce Raymond, jockey, 51; Mr Michael Shea, consultant, Hanson plc, 56; Lord Smith, consulting surgeon, 80; Sir Denis Thatcher Bt, businessman, 79.