Birthdays

Sir Godfrey Agnew, former chairman, Lady Clare Ltd, and former Clerk of the Privy Council, 80; Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark, former MP, 61; Miss Maria Bueno, tennis player, 54; Sir Adam Butler, former MP and government minister, 62; Mr Bobby Charlton, footballer, 56; Vice-Admiral Sir John Coward, Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies, 56; Sir Timothy Daunt, former ambassador to Turkey, 58; Sir Michael Edwardes, chairman, Charter Consolidated plc, 63; Miss Dawn French, actress, 36; Mr Geoffrey Haslam, director, Prudential Corporation Plc, 79; Sir Denys Henderson, chairman, ICI, 61; Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh, 74; Mr Alan Pascoe, former athlete, 46; Lord Prior, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 66; Dame Diana Reader Harris, former headmistress of Sherborne School for Girls, 81; Mr Jerome Robbins, choreographer, 75; Air Marshal Sir Michael Stear, 55; Lord Tordoff, former president, Liberal Party, 65; Mrs Elizabeth Despard Ward, president, British Kidney Patient Association, 67; Mr Thomas Wheare, headmaster of Bryanston School, 49; Mr Tony Worthington MP, 52.