Birthdays

Mr Simon Bates, disc jockey, 46; Mr Peter Blackburn, chairman and chief executive, Nestle UK, 53; Dame Mary Cartwright, mathematician, 93; Mr Christopher Cazenove, actor, 48; Viscount Daventry, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire, 72; Lord de Villiers, barrister, 82; Lord Glenamara, former government minister, 81; Mr Brian Hayes, radio presenter, 56; Mr Bernard Hill, actor, 49; Lord McFadzean, former chairman, Rolls Royce, 90; Mr Kerry Packer, entrepreneur, 56; Sir Leonard Peach, chairman, Police Complaints Authority, 61; Mr Robert Robinson, broadcaster and writer, 66; Mr David Smith, Headmaster, Bradford Grammar School, 59; Mr Peter Snell, athlete, 55; Mr Tommy Steele, singer and actor, 57; Professor William Stewart, former Vice-Chancellor of Keele University, 78; Mr Cecil Walker MP, 69.