Today’s birthdays

Sir John Blofeld, a former High Court Judge, is 86; Mr Giorgio Armani, fashion designer, 84; Air

Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, Air Member for Logistics and AOC-IN-C RAF Logistics Command, 1994-96, 82; Prof Ian Craft, obstetrician and gynaecologist, 81; Mr John Swift,

QC, Rail Regulator, 1993-98, 78; Lord Levy, President, Volunteering Matters, 74; Mr Peter de Savary, yachtsman and entrepreneur, 74; Mr John Orr, President, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2006-09; consultant paediatric surgeon, 73; the Rt Rev Dr Lord Chartres, Bishop of London, 1995-2017, 71;

Prof Sir Drummond Bone, former Master of Balliol College, Oxford, 71; Dame Janet Gaymer, QC,

Commissioner for Public Appointments, 2006-10, 71; Prof Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Vice-chancellor of Aston University, 2006-16, 64; and Miss

Caroline Quentin, actress, 58.