Birthdays

Birthdays

Sir Robert Atkinson, former chairman, British Shipbuilders, 81; Mr William Boyd, author, 45; Mr William Bromley-Davenport, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire, 62; Mr Malcolm Chisholm MP, 48; Mr Gilbert Cooke, former chairman, C.T. Bowring & Co, 74; Mr Michael Finnissy, composer and pianist, 51; Mrs Deborah Forbes, Headmistress, Queen Anne's School, Caversham, 51; Sir Kenneth Green, Vice- Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University, 63; Sir Anthony Hidden, High Court judge, 61; Mr John Horam MP, 58; Mr Dan Jacobson, novelist, 68; Mr Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, 52; Sir Anthony Lambert, former ambassador to Portugal, 86; Sir John Latey, former High Court judge, 83; Mr Ivan Lendl, tennis player, 37; Sir Paul Nicholson, Lord-Lieutenant of Durham, 59; Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, a former Lord Justice of Appeal in Ordinary, 76; Professor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, sculptor, 73; Professor Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, molecular biophysicist, 73; Mr Piers Paul Read, novelist and author, 56; Mr Viv Richards, cricketer, 45; Mr Mark Rowland, athlete, 34; The Earl of Snowdon, photographer, 67; Sir David Spedding, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, 54; Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham- Fiennes, explorer, 53; Mr Richard Vernon, actor, 72; Miss Zena Walker, actress, 63; Dame Margaret Weston, former Director of the Science Museum, 71.