Birthdays

Mr Bernard Bresslaw, actor, 59; Miss Elkie Brooks, singer, 48; Mr Anthony Burgess, novelist, 76; Mr Tom Courtenay, actor, 56; Lord Crickhowell, Chairman, National Rivers Authority, 59; Sir Antony Duff, former Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office, 73; Mr Farokh Engineer, cricketer, 55; Miss Jean Germany, show jumper, 33; Sir Alexander Gordon, architect, 76; Mr George Harrison, musician, 50; Mr Tony Lloyd MP, 43; Mr Harvey McGregor QC, Warden, New College, Oxford, 67; Dr Lewis Moonie MP, 46; Mr Robert Neame, brewer, 59; Maj-Gen Sir Laurence New, former Lt-Governor, the Isle of Man, 61; Sir Roger Parker, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, 70; Mr David Puttnam, film producer, 52; The Right Rev Cyril Restieaux, former Roman Catholic bishop of Plymouth, 83; Lt-Col John Stephenson, secretary, MCC, 62; Professor Stewart Sutherland, Vice-Chancellor, London University, 52; Mr Anthony Verity, master, Dulwich College, 54; Sir Ian Wallace, company director and politician, 77; Marshal of the RAF Sir Keith Williamson, former Chief of the Air Staff, 65.