Birthdays

Mr Lance Cairns, cricketer, 45; Sir John Cassels, former director-general, National Economic Development Office, 66; Mr Winston S. Churchill MP, 54; Mr Charles Dance, actor, 48; Miss Laura Davies, golfer, 31; Mr Ted Edgar, show jumper, 59; Miss Fiona Fullerton, actress, 38; The Right Rev Alastair Haggart, former Bishop of Edinburgh, 79; Sir Peter Kemp, former civil servant, 60; Lord Kincraig, former senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 76; Professor John Large, acoustics engineer, 64; Mr Charles Madge, author and sociologist, 82; Mr Daniel Massey, actor, 61; Mr Nicholas Parsons, broadcaster, 66; The Right Rev Kenneth Pillar, former Suffragan Bishop of Hertford, 70; Mr Harold Pinter, playwright, 64; Dr Brian Smith, Principal, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, 61; The Earl of Stockton, publisher, 51; Mr Chris Tarrant, broadcaster, 48; Mr Frank H. Taylor, former MP and chartered accountant, 87; Mr Richard Thornton, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, 72; Mr Midge Ure, rock singer, 41; Mr Ben Vereen, actor, 48; Mr Willard White, opera singer and actor, 48.