Birthdays

Lord Adrian, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 65; Mr Peter Bowles, actor, 56; Mr Max Bygraves, entertainer, 70; Mr David Congdon MP, 43; Mr Michael Forsyth MP, Minister of State, Employment, 38; Sir Charles Fraser, vice-chairman, United Biscuits, 64; Mr Paul Gallagher, trade-union leader, 48; Mr Gunter Grass, novelist, 65; Dr Walter Grave, Hon Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 91; Mr Terry Griffiths, snooker champion, 45; Miss Angela Lansbury, actress, 67; Mr John Lindsay, High Court judge, 53; Lord MacDonald of Gwaenysgor, former chief executive, Plessey, 77; Lord MacLehose of Beoch, former Governor of Hong Kong, 75; Mr Hugh MacMillan, chief constable, Northern Constabulary, 60; The Most Rev Thomas Morris, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, 78; Miss Emma Nicholson MP, 51; The Rev Dr John Polkinghorne, president, Queens' College, Cambridge, 62; Mr Robert Urquhart, actor, 70; Mr Simon Ward, actor, 52; Mr John Whittingdale MP, 33; Sir John Winnifrith, former director-general, National Trust, 84.