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Snowdon was born on 1 April 1951. Her father was a shop-keeper.
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Susan Snowdon
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She is the current Lord Lieutenant of Durham and the first woman to hold that post. Snowdon was a primary school teacher in Chilton and Ferryhill, County Durham. In 1989, in order to advance her career and become a deputy head teacher, she underwent a medical.
This showed that her aortic valve "had completely perished" and she required immediate surgery to prevent her death by Christmas of that year.
The surgery, in which a metal valve was successfully fitted, saved her life. However, such a major health issue meant that she could no longer teach.
On 3 August 2006, she was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) in the County of Durham. On 8 March 2013, she was appointed Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, becoming the Queen"s representative in the county.
She succeeded Sir Paul Nicholson to become the county"s 30th Lord Lieutenant.
