Birthdays

Captain Sir Alastair Aird, Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 62; Professor Sir Melville Arnott, cardiologist, 84; Mr Peter Barkworth, actor, 64; Mr Richard Briers, actor, 59; Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, former vice- chairman, Conservative Party, 85; Lord Catto, president, Morgan Grenfell, 70; Miss Faye Dunaway, actress, 52; Miss Maina Gielgud, ballerina, 48; Miss Andree Grenfell, former managing director, Glemby International, 53; Mr Brian Hardie, cricketer, 43; Sir Arthur Hoole, solicitor and former chairman of the College of Law, 69; Mr Jack Jones, singer, 55; Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 65; Mr Warren Mitchell, actor, 67; Mr Trevor Nunn, theatre director, 53; Sir Neil Pritchard, former ambassador, 82; Mr Christopher Reeves, banker, 57; Sir Vernon Seccombe, chairman, Plymouth Health Authority, 65; Mlle Caterina Valente, guitarist and singer, 62; Mr Bill Werberniuk, snooker player, 46; Sir John Woodcock, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 61.