Birthdays

Sir Peter Baldwin, former Chairman, SE Thames Regional Health Authority, 71; Mr Robert Carrier, broadcaster and writer on cookery, 70; Dame Frances Coulshed, former Director, WRAC, 89; Mr Frank Durr, racehorse trainer, 67; Mr Nigel Evans MP, 36; Mr Roger Farrance, chief executive, Electricity Association, 60; Miss Donya Fiorentino, model, 26; Mr Don Henderson, actor, 61; Sir Giles Loder, a vice-president, Royal Horticultural Society, 79; The Right Rev Lawrence Luscombe, former Bishop of Brechin and Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, 69; Mr Raymond Plummer, former president and honorary director, Design and Industries Assocation, 77; Mr Tim Rice, lyricist, 49; Professor Elizabeth Robson, geneticist, 64; Viscount Runciman of Doxford, author and chairman, Runciman Investments, 59; Sir William Ryrie, executive vice- president and chief executive, International Finance Corporation at World Bank, 65; Mr Madron Seligman, MEP, 75; Sir David Serpell, former senior civil servant, 82; Miss Anne Shelton, singer, 70; Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Staveley, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 65.