Birthdays

The Countess of Albemarle, former Chairman, the Development Commission, 83; Mr Chris Bonington, mountaineer, 58; Mr Richard Buckle, exhibition designer, 76; Mr Ronald Davies MP, 46; Mr Michael Deeley, film producer, 59; Col James Ellis Evans, former Lord- Lieutenant of Clwyd, 82; Mr John Evans, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall, 49; Mr Frank Finlay, actor, 66; Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Ford, 69; Dame Monica Golding, former Colonel Commandant, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, 90; Sir Howard Hodgkin, painter, 60; Sir Freddie Laker, air travel pioneer, 70; Mr James Lees-Milne, architectural historian, 84; Miss Moira Lister, actress, 69; Sir Donald McCallum, former chairman of Ferranti, 70; The Rev William McCrea MP, 44; Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Macdonald, 83; Mr David Madel MP, 54; Mr Dom Mintoff, former prime minister of Malta, 76; Mr Robert Mitchum, actor, 75; Mr David O'Brien, racehorse trainer, 36; Sir Duncan Oppenheim, former president, British-American Tobacco, 88; Judge Valerie Pearlman, circuit judge, 56; Mr John Reid, jockey, 37; Lord Swaythling, chairman, Rothmans International, 64; Miss Barbara Windsor, actress, 55; Mr Charles Wood, television and film writer, 60.