Birthdays

Mr Simon Bates, disc jockey, 45; Mr Peter Blackburn, chairman and managing director, Nestle UK, 52; Dame Mary Cartwright, mathematician, 92; Mr Christopher Cazenove, actor, 47; Viscount Daventry, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire, 71; Lord de Villiers, barrister, 81; Lord Glenamara, former government minister, 80; Mr Brian Hayes, radio presenter, 55; Mr Bernard Hill, actor, 48; Lord McFadzean, former chairman, Rolls-Royce, 89; Mr Kerry Packer, entrepreneur, 55; Sir Leonard Peach, former chief executive, NHS Management Board, 60; Mr Robert Robinson, broadcaster and writer, 65; Mr David Smith, headmaster, Bradford Grammar School, 58; Mr Peter Snell, athlete, 54; Mr Tommy Steele, singer and actor, 56; Professor William Stewart, former vice- Chancellor of Keele University, 77; Mr Cecil Walker, MP, 68.