Today’s birthdays

Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor, 1987-97, is 91; Mr Jeffrey Rose, Chairman, RAC, 1981-98, 87; Mrs Elspeth Thomas, Chairman, British Red Cross, 1995-2000, 81; Lord Owen, former SDP leader and Labour Foreign Secretary, 80; Mr Ferdinand Mount, author and journalist; Editor, Times Literary Supplement, 1991-2002, 79; Mr Nicholas Elam, former diplomat, 79; Mr Kenneth Clarke, QC, MP, Father of the House of Commons, 78; Lord Simpson of Dunkeld, Chief Executive Officer, Marconi, 1996-2001, 76; Baroness Taylor of Bolton, former Labour Cabinet Minister, 71; Lady Rogers of Riverside, chef and restaurateur, 70; Dame Lynne Brindley, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 68; Miss Jerry Hall, actress and model, 62; Lord Haughey, Lord-lieutenant for Lanarkshire, 62; Viscount Dunluce 51; Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, 2014-16, 51; Mr Peter Kay, comedian and actor, 45; and Mr Carl Froch, former boxer; four-times World Champion in the super-middleweight division, now boxing analyst and commentator, 41.

Today is the anniversary of the first meeting of The Christian Mission, which would become The Salvation Army, in 1865.