Birthdays

Miss Lesley Abdela, founder, All-Party 300 Group for Women in Politics, 48; Mr Jeremy Beecham, Chairman, Association of Metropolitan Authorities, 49; Admiral Sir Jeremy Black, former C-in-C, Naval Home Command, 61; Mr Stephen Bragg, aeronautical engineer, 70; Mr Malcolm Bruce MP, 49; Dr Gerald Bulmer, former Rector, Liverpool Polytechnic, 73; General Sir Philip Christison, former GOC-in-C, Scottish Command, 100; Mr Peter Cook, writer and entertainer, 56; Lord Craigmyle, chairman, Craigmyle and Co, 70; Mr John Dobson, tenor, 63; Mr Jimmy Dunnachie MP, 63; Mr David Emmanuel, fashion designer, 41; Miss Fenella Fielding, actress, 59; Mr Michael Freeman, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, 62; The Rev Dr Kenneth Greet, former Free Church Moderator, 75; General Sir Charles Guthrie, Commander, Northern Army Group and C-in-C, British Army of the Rhine, 55; Mr Jeremy Hanley MP, Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 48; Mr Colin Hayes, painter, 74; Professor Anthony King, Professor of Government, Essex University, 59; Mr Gordon Lightfoot, singer and songwriter, 55; Mr Jeremy Lloyds, cricketer, 39; Mr John Lowther, Lord-Lieutenant, Northamptonshire, 70; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor, 68; Sir Godfrey Messervy, chairman, Strathclyde Institute, 69; Sir Leslie Murphy, director, PEL Group, 78; Lord Polwarth, Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Borders Region, 77; Mr Jonathan Ross, broadcaster, 33; The Right Rev John Satterthwaite, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, 68; Miss Debbie Thrower, television presenter, 36; Mr James Warwick, actor, 46; Mr Auberon Waugh, journalist, 54; Mr John Wells, writer and actor, 57; Miss Joyce Wethered (Lady Heathcoat Amory), golfer, 92.