The Daily Telegraph

Today’s birthdays

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Sir John Ure, former diplomat; author, is 87; Prof Sir James Mirrlees, winner of Nobel Prize for Economics, 1996, 82; Sir Anthony Battishill, Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue, 1986-97, 81; Sir Anthony Goodenough, former diplomat, 77; Mr Mark Cox, former tennis player, 75; M Pierre Villepreux, former France rugby player and coach, 75; Sir Paul Smith, fashion designer, 72; Mrs Elizabeth Roads, Snawdoun Herald of Arms in Ordinary, 67; Mr John Wright, former New Zealand cricket captain and coach, 64; Mr David Hanson, MP, former Labour Government Minister, 61; Mr Paul Daniel, conductor, 60; Mr Ian Watmore,

Chief Executive, The Football Associatio­n, 2009-10, 60; Vice-adml Sir Jonathan Woodcock, former Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, 56; Miss Amélie

Mauresmo, former tennis player; Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion 2006, 39; and Mr John

Michael Allen-petrie, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, 38. Today is the anniversar­y of the beginning of the National Health Service in 1948.

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