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Lord Alexander of Weedon QC, chairman, National Westminster Bank, 59; Mr Malcolm Allison, football manager, 68; Miss Meg Beresford, former general secretary, CND, 58; Mr Johnny Briggs, actor, 60; Mr Dick Clement, director and scriptwriter, 58; Mr Richard Dunn, chief executive, Thames Television, 52; Miss Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman, 33; Sir Robin Fearn, former ambassador to Spain, 61; Dr David Fussey, Vice-Chancellor, Greenwich University, 52; Mr David Graham, former Chief Constable, Cheshire, 62; Dame Elizabeth Hedley-Miller, former senior civil servant, 72; Professor Julian Hunt, chief executive, Meteorological Office, 54; Mr Michael Lees, actor, 68; Sir Francis Loyd, former colonial administrator, 79; Mr Kevin McNamara MP, 61; Sir John Mummery, High Court judge, 57; Mr Bob Newhart, actor and comedian, 66; Canon Peter Pilkington, chairman, Broadcasting Complaints Commission, 62; Miss Jean Rankine, Deputy Director, British Museum, 54; Mr Al Stewart, rock singer and songwriter, 50; Mr George Tremlett, author, journalist and bookseller, 56; Mr Paul A. Volcker, former chairman, American Federal Reserve Board, 68; Miss Raquel Welch, actress, 55; Professor Sir Denys Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Sussex University, 73.
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