Birthdays

The Duke of York, 33; Maj-Gen Peter Baldwin, chief executive, Radio Authority, 66; Sir John Collyear, chairman, USM Texon, 66; The Rev Gwynne Henton Davies, Principal Emeritus, Regent's Park College, Oxford, 87; Sir Nicholas Fenn, High Commissioner to India, 57; Lord Forbes, premier Lord of Scotland, 75; Mr John Freeman, international relations consultant and former diplomat, 78; Lord Henniker, former ambassador, 77; The Right Rev Ross Hook, Assistant Bishop, Canterbury, 76; Miss Hana Mandlikova, tennis champion, 31; Mr Keith Mans MP, 47; Professor Bernard Meadows, sculptor, 78; Sir John N. Nicholson, former chairman, Ocean Steam Ship Co, 82; Mrs Frances Perry, horticulturist, 86; Sir Daniel Pettit, former chairman, National Freight Corporation, 78; Mrs Erin Pizzey, author and founder of battered wives' homes, 54; Mr Smokey Robinson, singer, 53; Miss Gwen Taylor, actress, 54; Mr Brian Tesler, deputy chairman, LWT, 64.