Birthdays

Professor Averil Cameron, historian, 53; Mr Osian Ellis, harpist, 65; Lt-Col Sir Martin Gilliat, private secretary to the Queen Mother, 80; Marshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy, 80; Mr Harman Grisewood, former chief assistant to the Director-General of the BBC, 87; Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton, 78; Lord Jakobovits, former Chief Rabbi, 72; Professor Ann Lambton, scholar of the Persian language, 81; Mr Murray Lawrence, former chairman of Lloyd's, 58; Mr Jack Lemmon, actor, 68; Sir Francis McWilliams, Lord Mayor of London, 67; Sir Kenneth Maddocks, former overseas administrator, 86; Mr Silvio Narizzano, film director, 66; Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, former Governor of the Bank of England, 85; Mr Alexander Papamarkou, international financier, 63; Dr June Paterson-Brown, former chief commissioner, Girl Guides, 61; Lord Rayne, chairman, London Merchant Securities, 75; Mr Ned Ryan, property developer, 60; Sir Richard Southern, former president, St John's College, Oxford, 81; Mr Richard Tracey MP, 50; The Rev Dr John Tudor, Superintendent Minister, Westminster Central Hall, 63; Miss Lana Turner, actress, 73; Mr John Williams, composer and conductor, 61.