Birthdays

Lord Ashburton, former chairman, Barings, 65; The Earl of Aylesford, Lord-Lieutenant, West Midlands region, 75; Lady Bathurst, former diplomat, 73; Sir David Calcutt QC, Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 63; Sir Clifford Chetwood, chairman, Chetwood Associates, 65; Mr Keith Emerson, rock musician, 49; Mr John Fingerhut, pharmaceutical chemist, 83; The Right Rev Philip Goodrich, Bishop of Worcester, 64; Mr Desmond Hamill, television reporter, 57; Dr Ronald Hedley, former Director, Natural History Museum, 65; Mr Paul Johnson, author and editor, 65; Mr Alan Jones, grand prix driver, 47; Mr Burt Lancaster, actor, 80; Mr David Lea, Assistant General Secretary, TUC, 56; Sir Bruce Martin QC, Chairman, North Western Regional Health Authority, 55; Miss Juliet Mills, actress, 52; Miss Pauline Neville-Jones, diplomat, 54; Sir Peter Newsam, Director, London Institute of Education, 65; Sir Ernest Oxburgh, Rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 59; Professor Norman Pye, geographer, 80; Mr Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, 80; Mr Ken Rosewall, tennis player, 59; Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, former chairman of J. Sainsbury plc, 66; Mr Bruce Welch, rock musician, 52.