Birthdays

Miss Francesca Annis, actress, 48; Mr David Ashby MP, 53; Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi, 88; Mr Chay Blyth, yachtsman, 53; Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Buchanan, 68; Mr Denis Cannan, playwright, 74; Mr Phil Drabble, Television commentator, 79; Sir Owen Green, chairman, BTR, 68; Mr David Hubbard, chairman, Powell Duffryn, 57; Mr Peter Kirsten, cricketer, 38; Lord McAlpine of West Green, Governor, South Bank University, 51; Miss Sian Phillips, actress, 59; Sir Peregrine Rhodes, former diplomat, director- general, British Property Federation, 68; Sir Adam Ridley, executive director, Hambros Bank, 51; Mr Leslie Sharp, chief constable, Strathclyde, 57; Mrs Patricia Turner, trade union leader, 66; Mrs Adrianne Uziell-Hamilton, circuit judge, 61; Mr Bob Woolmer, cricketer, 44.