Birthdays

Mr Peter Beazley, MEP, 71; Mr Tony Britton, actor, 69; Mr Edgar Evans, tenor, 81; Mr Geraint Gruffydd, Director, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, 65; Mr Jeremy Hardie, former chairman, National Provident Institution, 55; Sir Peter Heatly, former chairman, Commonwealth Games Federation, 69; Mr Douglas Henderson MP, 44; Mr Royston Hughes MP, 68; Miss Sheila Keith, actress, 73; Sir Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express, 51; Mr Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defence, 77; Mr Michael Mates MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland, 59; General Sir Geoffrey Musson, former Adjutant-General, 83; Mr S. Gorley Putt, educationist and author, 80; Mr Charles Saatchi, advertising executive, 50; Mr Peter Sanders, chief executive, Commission for Racial Equality, 55; Sir Douglas Smith, chairman, Acas, 61; Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick Symons, former Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe, 60; Col John Williams- Wynne, Constable of Harlech Castle, 85.