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Lord Aberdare, Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 78; Miss Eileen Atkins, actress, 63; Mr James Bolam, actor, 59; Lt-Gen the Hon Sir Thomas Boyd- Carpenter, former Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, 59; Mrs Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher, 80; Mr Tom Graveney, cricketer, 70; Mr John Hadfield, writer and publisher, 90; Professor Harold Hanham, former Vice- Chancellor, Lancaster University, 69; The Right Rev David Konstant, Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, 67; Mr Neil MacGregor, director, National Gallery, 51; Professor Robert Matthews, political economist, 70; Sir John Peel, former MP, 85; Lord Perry of Walton, former Vice- Chancellor, Open University, 76; Mr Enoch Powell, former MP, 85; Lord Richardson, former president, General Medical Council, 87; Mr David Whelton, managing director, the Philharmonia Orchestra, 43; Sir David Wright, ambassador to Japan, 53.

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