Birthdays

Sir Harold Acton, author, 89; Sir Anthony Battishill, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, 56; Dame Joyanne Bracewell QC, High Court judge, 59; Mr Mark Cox, tennis player, 50; Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker, former MP, 84; Mrs Elizabeth Emanuel, dressmaker, 40; Mr Peter Fraenkel, civil engineer, 78; Sir Michael Hamilton, former MP, 75; Mr David Hanson MP, 36; Mr Ralph Kestenbaum, managing director, Gerald Metals, 64; Mr Tony Lock, cricketer, 64; Mr Philip Madoc, actor, 59; M Pierre Mauroy, former French prime minister, now Mayor of Lille, 65; Maj-Gen Sir Jeremy Moore, defence consultant and former commander, Land Forces, Falkland Islands, 65; Mr Ian Prosser, chairman and chief executive, Bass plc, 50; Mr George Rochberg, composer, 75; The Right Rev James Roxburgh, Assistant Bishop, Liverpool, 72; Sir John Ure, former diplomat, UK Commissioner to Expo 92, 62; Mr John Wright, cricketer, 39.