Birthdays

Surgeon Rear-Admiral Maurice Adams, 84; Professor Anita Brookner, art historian and novelist, 54; Mrs Margaret Court, tennis player, 50; Mr Alan Donnelly MEP, 35; Mr Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire, 47; Mr Frank Field MP, 50; Professor Sir Hugh Ford, mechanical engineer, 79; Sir John Freeland QC, former legal adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 65; Sir Charles Graham Bt, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria, 73; Mr Brian Howard, former deputy chairman, Marks & Spencer, 66; Miss Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator, 65; Sir James Kilfedder MP, 64; Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, Deputy Speaker House of Lords, 77; The Ven Dr Harold Lockley, former Archdeacon of Loughborough, 76; Mr Edward Miller, former Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 77; Sir Michael Morland, High Court judge, 63; Sir Reginald Prentice, former government minister, 69; Professor Sir Philip Randle, biochemist, 66; General Bernard Rogers, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 71; Miss Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer, 81; Mr Tom Rosenthal, publisher, 57; Mr John Warr, former president, MCC, 65; Miss Diana Warwick, trade union leader, 47; Dr Trevor Williams, scientific consultant, 71; Sir George Young MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, 51; Mr Pinchas Zukerman, violinist, 44.