Birthdays

The Sultan of Brunei, 46; Professor Sir James Ball, economist, 59; Sir Jeffrey Benson, chairman, the 600 Group, 70; Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer, 58; Mr Julian Bream, guitarist, 59; Mrs Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer, 49; ; Miss Carmen Callil, publisher, 54; Mr Robert Conquest, author, 75; Professor Sir David Cox, Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, 68; Mr John Denham MP, 39; Sir Alexander Durie, a former vice-president of the AA, 77; Lord Edmund-Davies, former Lord of Appeal, 86; Air Marshal the Rev Sir Paterson Fraser, 85; Sir Simon Gourlay, former president, National Farmers' Union, 58; Sir John Graham, former diplomat, 66; Mr Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands, 53; Mr Ralph Hammond Innes, novelist, 79; Mr Trevor Horn, popular song writer, 43; Miss Ann Jellicoe, playwright and theatre director, 65; Mr Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire, 62; Sir Larry Lamb, newspaper editor, 63; Mr Henry McCubbin, MEP, 50; Dame Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher, 73; Mrs Juliet Pannett, portrait painter, 81; Mrs Marion Roe MP, 56; Miss Linda Ronstadt, singer, 46; Lord Shackleton, former explorer and government minister, 81; Mr Ron Smith, trade unionist, 77; Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade, 72.