Birthdays

Sir Peter Bowness, solicitor, 51; Mr Christopher Chope, barrister and former government minister, 47; Mr Francis Cornish, diplomat, 52; Dr Edward de Bono, Secretary-General, Supranational Independent Thinking Organisation (SITO), 61; Dame Ann Ebsworth, High Court judge, 57; Mr James Fox, actor, 55; Baroness Hylton- Foster, patron, British Red Cross Society, 86; Mr David Jacobs, radio and television presenter, 68; Sir Igor Judge, High Court judge, 53; Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Kennedy, controller, RAF Benevolent Fund, 66; Mrs Helen Jackson MP, 55; Mr Robert Kilroy- Silk, television presenter, and former MP, 52; Dr Ingram Lenton, chairman, Compass Group, 67; Mr John Lyons, former General-Secretary, Electrical Power Engineers' Association, 68; Mrs Diana Maddock MP, 49; Mr Paul Moriarty, actor, 48; Sir Edward Parkes, former vice-Chancellor, Leeds University, 68; Dr Max Perutz, molecular biologist, 80; Sir Kenneth Preston, former chairman, Stone-Platt Industries, 93; Mr Leslie Sands, actor and playwright, 73; Sir Michael Scott, former diplomat, 71; Sir James Steel, former chairman, Furness Withy & Co, 85; Professor Gordon Stone, chemist, 69; Mr Pete Townshend, guitarist and singer, 49; Mr Sandy Wilson, composer and playwright, 70; Miss Victoria Wood, writer and comedienne, 41.