Birthdays

Mr Milton Babbitt, composer, 77; Sir David Brown, former chairman, Aston Martin Lagonda, 89; Mr William Cash MP, 53; Mr Trevor Clay, former general secretary, Royal College of Nursing, 57; Lord Collison, former agricultural workers' leader, 84; Sir Brian Corby, chairman, Prudential, 64; Mr John Dugdale, Lord- Lieutenant of Shropshire, 70; Maj-Gen Edward Fursdon, defence consultant, 68; Sir Basil Kelly, a Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 73; Sir John Laws, High Court judge, 48; Miss Maureen Lipman, actress, 47; Sir William Lithgow, industrialist and farmer, 59; Lord Milligan, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 59; Lt-Gen Sir Anthony Mullens, former deputy Chief of Defence Staff, 57; Lord Mustill, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 62; Mr Michael Shea, author, and consultant, Hanson plc, 55; Lord Smith, consulting surgeon, 79; Sir Denis Thatcher Bt, businessman, 78; Brigadier Dame Margot Turner, former matron-in-chief, Army Nursing Service, 83.