Birthdays

Miss Elizabeth Appleby QC, 50; Mr Michael Brunson, television reporter and newscaster, 52; Dame Frances Clode, former chairman, WRVS, 89; Lord Colnbrook, former government minister, 70; Vice-Admiral Sir Kenneth Eaton, Controller of the Navy, 58; Mr George Hamilton, actor, 53; Air Marshal Sir Maurice Heath, 83; General Sir Patrick Howard- Dobson, former president, Royal British Legion, 71; Sir Anthony Jolliffe, former Lord Mayor of London, 54; Mr Mark Knopfler, rock guitarist, 43; Mr Norris McWhirter, a founder of the Guinness Book of Records, 67; Sir Robin Nicholson, metallurgist, 58; Baroness Phillips, President and former General Secretary, National Association of Women's Clubs, 82; Lord Renton QC, former government minister, 84; Mr Peter West, sports commentator, 72; Professor Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, 44.