Birthdays

Miss Grace Bumbry, opera and concert singer, 56; Miss Dyan Cannon, actress, 54; Mr Alexander Chancellor, journalist, 53; Capt Sir Ivar Colquhoun of Luss Bt, Chief of the Clan Colquhoun, 77; Miss Rosalie Crutchley, actress, 71; Mr Iain Cuthbertson, actor, 63; Mr Alan Dyer, Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, 59; Professor Keith Hancock, economist, 58; Sir Havelock Hudson, former chairman of Lloyd's, 74; Lt-Cdr Sir Ian Clark Hutchison, a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, 90; Professor Brian Josephson, physicist, 53; Professor Lance Lanyon, principal, Royal Veterinary College, 49; Mr John McLaughlin, blues and jazz guitarist, 50; The Hon Diana Makgill, civil servant, 63; Miss Margaret Marshall, concert singer, 44; Mr Mick Mills, footballer, 44; Mr Floyd Patterson, boxing champion, 58; Mr Nicholas Payne, opera director, Royal Opera House, 48; Mr Timothy Rix, former chairman and chief executive, the Longman Group, 59; Miss Barbara Rush, actress, 63; The Earl of Selkirk QC, 87; Lt- Gen Sir Michael Wilkins, former Commandant General, Royal Marines, 60; Miss Jane Wyman, actress, 79.