Birthdays

Sir Kenneth Allen, engineer, 87; Sir David Barran, former chairman, Midland Bank, 82; Mrs Juliet Campbell, Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, 59; Sir Matthew Campbell, former senior civil servant, 87; Sir Hugh Casson CH, architect, 84; Miss Rosemary Clooney, singer, 66; Miss Joan Collins, actress, 61; Mr Denis Compton, author and former cricketer, 76; Sir Samuel Curran, former vice-Chancellor, Strathclyde University, 82; Mr Nigel Davenport, actor and trade unionist, 66; Dr Alec Dickson, founder, VSO, 80; The Very Rev John Drury, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 58; Dr Walter Eltis, Chief Economic Adviser to the President of the Board of Trade, 61; Miss Betty Garrett, actress, 75; Mr Malcolm Gill, deputy head, Banking Department, Bank for International Settlements, 60; Mr Marius Goring, actor, 82; Maj-Gen Ian Graeme, 81; Lord Grenfell, Head of External Affairs, European Office, World Bank, 59; Mr Anatoly Karpov, chess player, 43; Sir Peter Kenilorea, minister for foreign affairs, and former prime minister, Solomon Islands, 51; Mr James Lester MP, 62; Sir John Lyons, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 62; Mr Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician, 73; Mr Michael McCrum, Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 70; Lady Olga Maitland MP, 50; The Earl of Mount Charles, pop concert promoter, 43; Mr John Newcombe, tennis player, 50; Mr Peter Preston, editor of the Guardian, 56; Mr Robert Sangster, racehorse owner and breeder, 58; Mr Artie Shaw, clarinettist and bandleader, 84; Mr John Stevens, MEP, 39; Sir Sanderson Temple, former circuit judge, 73.