Birthdays
Mr Stuart Andrews, former headmaster, Clifton College, 61; Mr Christopher Castleman, formerly chief executive, Hill Samuel, 52; The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 73; Sir David Crouch, former MP, 74; Sir Oswald Davies, director, AMEC, 73; Mr Adam Faith, singer and actor, 53; The Most Rev Dr John Habgood, Archbishop of York, 66; Mr Alan Haselhurst MP, 56; Mr Julian Hipwood, polo player, 47; Lord Irvine of Lairg, QC, 53; Miss Miriam Karlin, actress, 68; Miss Margaret Lane, novelist, 86; Admiral Sir Horace Law, 82; Mr Robert Litherland MP, 63; Mrs Patricia McLaughlin, former MP, 77; Professor James Meade, political economist, 86; Sir Peter Millett, High Court judge, 61; Lord Newall, chairman, British Greyhound Racing Board, 63; Miss Maggie Philbin, broadcaster, 38; Mr John Prebble, novelist, historian and playwright, 78; Sir Martin Rees, astronomer, 51; Professor Isaac Schapera, anthropologist, 88; Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, professor of animal pathology, 67; The Right Rev Keith Sutton, Bishop of Lichfield, 59; Mr Anthony Thwaite, poet, 63; Col John Timmins, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, 61; Miss Irene Worth, actress, 77.
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