Birthdays

Sir Bernard Ashley, chairman, Laura Ashley, 67; Sir Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 65; Mr Don Boyd, film director and producer, 45; Sir Geoffrey Cass, chairman, Royal Shakespeare Company, 61; Miss Arlene Dahl, actress, 69; Mr Kenneth Eastham MP, 66; Mr James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of Londonderry City, 66; Professor John Fincham, geneticist, 67; Professor Alun Hoddinott, composer, 64; Lord Houghton of Sowerby CH, former government minister, 95; Professor Derry Jeffares, editor and literary authority, 73; Sir Aaron Klug, molecular biologist, 67; Dame Jean Lancaster, former director, WRNS, 84; Mr Raymond Leppard, conductor, 66; Miss Anna Massey, actress, 56; Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 60; Miss Jean Parker, actress, 81; Sir Michael Quinlan, director, Ditchley Foundation, 63; General Sir Charles Richardson, former Chief Royal Engineer, 85; Dame Angela Rumbold MP, joint deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, 61; Mr Thomas Taaffe, racehorse trainer, 60; The Right Rev James Thompson, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 57; Lord Varley, former government minister, 61.