Birthdays

Professor Anita Brookner, art historian and novelist, 55; Mr Alan Campbell- Johnson, writer, 80; Mrs Margaret Court, tennis player, 51; Mr Alan Donnelly, MEP, 36; Mr Frank Field MP, 51; Professor Sir Hugh Ford, mechanical engineer, 80; Sir John Freeland, QC, former legal adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 66; Sir Charles Graham Bt, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria, 74; Mr Brian Howard, former deputy chairman, Marks & Spencer, 67; Miss Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator, 66; Sir James Kilfedder MP, 65; Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 78; The Ven Dr Harold Lockley, former Archdeacon of Loughborough, 77; Mr Edward Miller, former Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 78; Sir Michael Morland, High Court judge, 64; Sir Reginald Prentice, former government minister, 70; Professor Sir Philip Randle, biochemist, 67; General Bernard Rogers, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 72; Miss Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer, 82; Mr Tom Rosenthal, publisher, 58; Mr John Warr, former president, MCC, 66; Miss Diana Warwick, trade-union leader, 48; Dr Trevor Williams, scientific consultant, 72; Sir George Young MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, 52; Mr Pinchas Zukerman, violinist, 45.