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Air Marshal John Allison, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Strike C Command, 52; Mr David Atkinson MP, 55; Mr Roy Berridge, former chairman, South of Scotland Electricity Board, 73; Miss Barbara Daly, make-up artist, 50; Miss Jane Drew, architect, 84; Mr Robert Fox, theatrical producer, 43; Mr James Fox-Andrews QC, circuit judge, 73; Mr Archie Gemmill, footballer, 48; Mr Richard Giordano, chairman, British Gas, 61; Mr Wilson Harris, novelist, 74; Mr Basharat Hassan, cricket umpire, 51; Professor John Hedgecoe, Emeritus Professor of Photography, Royal College of Art, 58; Mr David Jewell, Master, Haileybury College, 61; Sir John Kendrew, former President, St John's College, Oxford, 78; Miss Sonia Lannaman, athlete, 39; Sir Peter Leslie, chairman, Commonwealth Development Corporation, 64; Mr Benjamin Luxon, baritone, 58; Mr Patrick Malahide, actor, 50; Sir Peter Meinertzhagen, former general manager, Commonwealth Development Corporation, 75; Mr Gene Nelson, dancer, actor and director, 75; Miss Suzanne Norwood, circuit judge, 69; Professor Dorothy Severin, Gilmour Professor of Spanish, Liverpool University, 53; Mr Alan Sugar, chairman of Amstrad, 48; Professor Harry Whittington, former Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Cambridge University, 79.
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