Birthdays
Miss Maria Aitken, actress and stage director, 49; Sir Lindsay Alexander, former deputy chairman, Lloyds Bank, 74; Mr Nicholas Barter, principal, RADA, 54; Miss Chili Bouchier, actress, 85; Colonel Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, chief of clan Cameron, 84; Mr Alan Cathcart, chairman, Avis Europe, 51; Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, 79; Mr Wesley Hall, cricketer and politician, 57; Miss Han Suyin, doctor and author, 77; Dr Basil Herbertson, former president, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, 73; Mr Ian Holm, actor, 63; Mr Gerald Howarth MP, 47; Mr Freddie Jones, actor, 67; Mr Donal Lenihan, rugby footballer, 35; Mr Kenneth Lo, tennis player and restaurateur, 81; Lord Milner of Leeds, solicitor and politician, 71; Mr Patrick Mower, actor, 53; The Right Rev Alan Rogers, former Bishop of Edmonton, 87; Sir Arthur Sugden, former chief executive, CWS, 76; Sir Gervas Walker, former chairman, Avon County Council, 74; Mr Max Walker, cricketer, 46; Miss Rachel Ward, actress, 37; Professor George Zarnecki, art historian, 79.
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