Birthdays: Christmas Eve

Mr Alistair Baillie, former diplomat, 61; Mrs Mair Barnes, managing director, Woolworths, 49; Mr John Barron, actor, 73; Sir Colin Cowdrey, consultant, Barclays Bank and former cricketer, 61; Brigadier Dame Barbara Cozens, 87; Mr Greg Edwards, disc jockey, 46; Sir Gerald Elliot, former chairman, Christian Salvesen, 70; Sir Nicholas Fairbairn QC MP, 60; Mr Jeremy Hindley, horse-racing trainer, 50; Dame Joan Kelleher, former director, WRAC, 78; Sir Ivan Lawrence QC MP, 57; Dr John Marek MP, 53; Sir Noel Moynihan, physician, surgeon and former Chairman, Save the Children Fund, 77; Miss Thea Porter, fashion designer, 66; Mr Norman Rossington, actor, 65; Mr John D. Taylor MP, 56; Viscount Thurso, Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness, 71; Mr Philip Ziegler, author and editor, 64.