Today’s birthdays

Sir Philip Wroughton, Lord-lieutenant for Berkshire, 1995-2008, is 86; Mr George

Inglis, Senior Partner, Slaughter and May, 1986-92, 86; Mr H.D.

(Dickie) Bird, first class cricket umpire, 1970-1998, 86; Sir John

Roch, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, 85; Mr Michael Miles,

Chairman, Johnson Matthey, 1998-2006, 83; Mr Algy Cluff,

Founder, Cluff Gold, and Executive Chairman, 2004-11, 79;

M Michel Roux, chef and

restaurateur, 78; Mr Maarten van

den Bergh, Chairman, Lloyds TSB Group plc, 2001-06, 77; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Director, Smith Institute, 1997-2008, 72; Mr Murray Perahia, pianist and conductor, 72; Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice

President, Business in the Community, 2008-18, 69; the Hon

Michael Trend, former Conservative MP, 67; Miss Ruby

Wax, actress, comedienne and writer, 66; Mr Stephen Rodan,

President, Tynwald, Isle of Man, 65; Mr Trevor Francis, former England footballer, 65; Miss Sue

Barker, broadcaster; former tennis player, 63; Mrs Justice

Andrews 60; Baroness Campbell

of Surbiton, Chairman, Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2001-05, 60; Mr Paul Reiffel, former Australia cricketer; ICC umpire, 53; Dame Kelly Holmes, former middle distance athlete; double Olympic gold medallist, Athens 2004, 49; Mr Jason

Gillespie, former Australia cricketer, now coach, 44; and

Miss Maria Sharapova, tennis player; Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion 2004, 32. Today is the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824.