Today’s birthdays

Sir Eric Yarrow, Chairman, Clydesdale Bank, 1985-91, is 98; Prof George Steiner, author, 89; the Most Rev Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, 88; the Hon Victoria Glendinning, author and journalist, 81; Sir Russell Hillhouse, former senior civil servant, 80; Sir Richard Mottram, former senior civil servant, 72; Prof Sir Robert Burgess, Vicechancellor

of the University of Leicester, 1999-2014, 71; Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, Lieutenant-governor of Jersey; Chief of the Air Staff, 2009-13, 64; Sir Jon Day, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, 2012-15, 64; the Marquess of Abergavenny 63; Mr Barry Douglas, concert pianist, 58; Mr Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Laureate, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 54; Mr Justice Picken 52; Mrs Justice Yip 49; Lady Gabriella Windsor, daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, 37; Mr Alistair Brownlee, triathlete; Olympic gold medallist, Rio 2016 and London 2012, 30; and Ms Steph Houghton, Captain, England and Manchester City women’s football teams, 30. Today is St George’s Day. It is also the anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare in 1564 and of his death in 1616, and of the birth of J.M.W. Turner in 1775.