Birthdays

Sir Owen Aisher, life president, Marley, 93; Professor John Alderson, former chief constable, Devon and Cornwall, 71; Miss Carroll Baker, actress, 61; Mr Albert Booth, former government minister, 65; Professor Patrick Boulter, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 66; Miss Faith Brown, impressionist, 46; Sir Patrick Browne, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 86; Sir Gerald Cash, former Governor-General, the Bahamas, 76; Sir Edward du Cann, former chairman of Lonrho, 69; Mrs Liz Edgar, showjumper, 50; Mr John Eldridge, former chairman, Matthews Wrightson, 74; Mr Robert Evans, chairman, British Gas, 66; Sir Reginald Eyre, solicitor and former MP, 69; Mr Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, baritone, 68; Lord Goold, company director and chairman, Royal Scottish Orchestra, 59; Miss Thora Hird, actress, 77; Miss Sue Holderness, actress, 44; Mr Norman Ireland, chairman, Bowater, 66; Miss Rachel Kempson, actress, 83; Professor Gyorgy Ligeti, composer, 70; Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson MP, 64; Mr Frank Middlemass, actor, 74; Mr Raymond Miquel, former chairman, Scottish Sports Council, 62; Sir Leslie Monson, diplomat, 81; Sir Philip Otton, High Court judge, 60; Professor Stuart Piggott, archaeologist, 83; Mr Timothy Renton MP, 61; Lord Rippon of Hexham QC, former government minister, 69; Mr Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist, 78; Mr Edward Seaga, former prime minister of Jamaica, 63; Mr Julian Slade, composer, 63; Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, physician, 80.