Birthdays

Birthdays

Prince Henry of Wales, 11; The Rev Professor Peter Ackroyd, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies, London University, 78; Mr Richard Arnell, composer, conductor and film maker, 78; Mr Charles Bone, painter and lecturer, 69; Professor John Russell Brown, Professor of Theatre, University of Michigan, 72; General Eva Burrows, Salvation Army officer, 66; Mr Jackie Cooper, actor, 73; Dame Sylvia Crowe, landscape architect, 94; Mr Thomas Duggin, High Commissioner to Vanuatu, 48; Lord Eden of Winton, former government minister, 70; Professor Brian Fender, Vice- Chancellor, Keele University, 61; Mr Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor, 62; Dr Richard Gordon, novelist, 74; Sir Philip Harris, chairman, Carpetright of London, 53; Mr Clive Merrison, actor, 50; Miss Jessye Norman, soprano, 50; Viscount Norwich, writer and broadcaster, 66; Mr Abdul Qadir, cricketer, 40; Mr Glen Renfrew, former chief executive of Reuters, 67; Sir Clive Rose, former diplomat, 74; Sir Konrad Schiemann, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 58; Lady Soames (Mary Soames), author, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, 73; Sir Peter Studd, former Lord Mayor of London, 79; Mr Graham Taylor, manager, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, 51; Mr George Walden MP, 56; Sir Richard Way, former Principal, King's College London, 81; Sir John Williams, former diplomat, 73; Mr David Wilmott, radio newsreader and presenter, 64.