Birthdays

Sir Nicholas Barrington, High Commissioner to Pakistan, 58; Miss Gloria DeHaven, actress, 68; Sir Alastair Down, former chairman, Burmah Oil, 78; Mr David Essex, actor and singer, 45; Mr Michael Foot, former MP, 79; Mr Graham Gooch, cricketer, 39; Mr Alastair Graham, headmaster, Mill Hill School, 60; Mrs Betsy Haworth, deacon and non-stipendiary minister, 68; Sir Harry Hookway, pro-chancellor, Loughborough University, 71; Mrs Elspeth Huxley, author, 85; Sir Charles Kerruish, president of Tynwald, Isle of Man, 75; Mr Viktor Korchnoi, chess champion, 61; Mr David Lawman, former chairman, Prestige Group, 71; Mr Clive Rice, cricketer, 43; Sir Richard Rogers, architect, 59; Professor Andrew Rutherford, warden, Goldsmiths' College, 63; Mr Richard Searby QC, deputy chairman, News Corporation Ltd, Australia, 61; Sir John Stokes, former MP, 75; Mr Peter Twiss, former test pilot, 71.