Birthdays: 29th December 1995

Birthdays

June, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, musical director and conductor, 82; Mr Andrew Bache, Ambassador to Romania, 56; Sir Richard Beaumont, former diplomat, 83; Lord Beaverbrook, former chairman, Beaverbrook Foundation, 44; Mr John Connell, former chairman, the Distillers Co, 71; Mr Bernard Cribbins, actor, 67; Baroness Denton of Wakefield, Parliamentary Under- Secretary, Northern Ireland, 60; Miss Marianne Faithfull, singer and actress, 49; General Sir Robert Ford, former Governor, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 72; Professor Laurence Gower, former Vice-Chancellor, Southampton University, 82; Mr David Hall, former Chief Constable of Humberside, 65; Mr Roger Hart, Ambassador to Angola, 52; Sir Simon Hornby, President, Royal Horticultural Society, 61; Mr Terry Lewis MP, 60; Miss Mary Tyler Moore, actress, 58; Mr Martin Offiah, Rugby League international, 29; Mr Iain Paxton, rugby player, 38; Mr Peter Robinson MP, 47; The Right Rev Mark Santer, Bishop of Birmingham, 59; Sir Kenneth Sharp, chartered accountant, 69; Mr Harvey Smith, show-jumper, 57; Mr Jon Voight, actor, 57; Sir Edward Stratten Williams QC, former judge, 74.