Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Leo Abse, former MP, 79; Mr Eddie Albert, actor, 88; Sir Michael Atiyah, mathematician, 67; Sir Christopher Ball, linguist, and former Warden, Keble College, Oxford, 61; Mr Lewis Biggs, Curator, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, 44; Mr Alan Bond, yachtsman and businessman, 58; Mr Peter Bowring, former chairman, C.T. Bowring, 73; Mr Glen Campbell, country singer 58; Mlle Yvette Chauvire, ballerina, 79; Sir John Chilcot, Permanent Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, 57; Mr George Cole, actor, 71; Miss Carole Drinkwater, actress, 48; Mr Alan Dukes, former leader of the Fine Gael party in Ireland, 51; Dr Eric Fenby, former Professor of Harmony, Royal Academy of Music, 90; Mr Peter Frampton, rock musician, 46; Sir William Gage, High Court judge, 58; Mr Lloyd Honeyghan, boxer, 36; Mr Robin Hutton, merchant banker, 63; Mr Ronald Hynd, choreographer, 65; Mr Robert Key MP, 51; Mr Archy Kirkwood MP, 50; Mr Nico Ladenis, restaurateur, 62; Dr Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford, 67; Lord Menuhin, violinist, 80; Mr Jack Nicholson, actor, 59; The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, former Governor of the Seychelles, 80; Miss Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist, 68; Sir Edward Ratford, former ambassador to Norway, 62; Mr R.J. Ritchie, former tennis player, 86; Professor Sir Eric Scowen, physician, 86; Mr Charles Sisson, author and poet, 82; Mr David Summerscale, Head Master, Westminster School, 59; Sir Robert Wade-Gery, executive director and vice- chairman, BZW, 67.