Birthdays

Mr Christopher Blake, actor, 44; Mr Dale Campbell-Savours MP, 50; Mr Geoff Capes, shot putter, 44; Sir Robert Crichton-Brown, former chairman, Rothmans International, 74; Dr Carl Dolmetsch, director, Haslemere Festival, 82; Sir John Fairclough, former chief scientific adviser to the Cabinet Office, 63; Mr Alexander Gilmour, director, London Wall Capital Group, 62; Mr Roger Greenaway, popular song composer, 55; Sir John Hoskyns, former director-general, Institute of Directors, 66; Air Chief Marshal Sir Brendan Jackson, Air Member for Supply and Organisation, Ministry of Defence, 58; Mr Gene Kelly, dancer and singer, 81; Lord Kissin, life president, GPG, 81; Mr Stanley Kitchen, chartered accountant, 80; Mr Peter Lilley MP, Secretary of State for Social Security, 50; Mr James Quinn, film producer and exhibitor, 74; Mr David Robb, actor, 46; Mr CH Rolph (Cecil Rolph Hewitt), author, 92; Mr Willy Russell, author and playwright, 46; Sir Roy Strong, writer and historian, 58; Mr Peter Thomson, golfer, 64; Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent, chairman of Military Committee, Nato, 62; Mr Charles Wardle MP, 54; Sir Brian Young, former chairman, Christian Aid, 71.