Dan Snow

{{short description|British historian and television presenter (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Dan Snow

| honorific_suffix = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|MBE}}

| image = Dan Snow Aldershot 2019.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Snow in 2019

| birth_name = Daniel Robert Snow

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Westminster, London, England

| education = St Paul's School, London

| alma_mater = Balliol College, Oxford

| occupation = Broadcaster, popular historian

| spouse = {{marriage|Lady Edwina Grosvenor|27 November 2010}}

| children = 3

| website = {{URL|https://twitter.com/thehistoryguy}}

| father = Peter Snow

| mother = Ann MacMillan

| relatives = {{ubl|Margaret MacMillan (aunt)|Jon Snow (first cousin once removed)|George Snow (great-uncle)|Thomas Snow (great-grandfather)|David Lloyd George (great-great-grandfather)|Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (father-in-law)|Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (mother-in-law)|Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (brother-in-law)}}

| organisation = Electoral Reform Society (ambassador)

}}

Daniel Robert Snow {{postnom|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 3 December 1978) is a British popular historian and television presenter. He is an ambassador of the Electoral Reform Society (ERS).

Early life and education

Born in Westminster, London{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=xyViSMI1etpikPiEwK7WoQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=23 May 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} Dan Snow is the youngest son of Peter Snow, BBC television journalist, and Ann MacMillan, a Canadian and managing editor emerita of CBC's London Bureau; thus he holds dual British-Canadian citizenship.[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/88424/Daniel-Robert-(Dan)-SNOW Debrett's People of Today] Through his mother, he is the nephew of Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan and also a great-great-grandson of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.{{cite news|title=Dan Snow: History Boy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dan-snow-history-boy-876350.html|work=The Independent|date=26 July 2008}}

Snow was educated in London at Westfield Primary School (now Barnes Primary) and at St Paul's School where he was Captain of School and rowed for its VIII. He then went to Balliol College, Oxford,{{cite news|title=Balliol College Annual Record 2001|url=http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends/balliol-college-annual-record-2001|publisher=University of Oxford}} his father's alma mater, and graduated with first-class honours in Modern History.{{cite news|title=Dan Snow: The historian who's not attached to the past|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dan-snow-the-historian-whos-not-attached-to-the-past-2277687.html|work=The Independent|date=2 May 2011}} A keen rower since his secondary school days, he won the U-23 men's division at the 2000 British Indoor Rowing Championships{{cite news|title=Rowing: Cracknell refuses to crack indoors|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/2993478/Rowing-Cracknell-refuses-to-crack-indoors.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 November 2000}} and rowed three times in the Boat Race, winning in 2000 and losing the controversial 2001 Boat Race when club President.{{cite news|title=Boat Race crews evenly matched|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/university_boat_race/1233945.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 March 2001}}{{cite news|title=Cambridge win dramatic Boat Race|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/university_boat_race/1239938.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 March 2001}}

Career

Snow presented his first programme in October 2002 just after graduating from university, co-presenting the BBC's 60th anniversary special on the Battles of El Alamein with his father Peter. The two then collaborated to present an eight-part documentary series called Battlefield Britain, which aired in 2004, and won a BAFTA Craft Award for special effects. The same year, Snow won a Sony award as one of the presenters on the LBC Boat Race coverage. Snow presented on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's specials, with his mother Ann MacMillan, for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and King Charles III's coronation.

Snow has presented on many state occasions such as the 200th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Trafalgar, Beating Retreat 2006, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the 90th anniversary of the Armistice in November 2008, Trooping the Colour and the Lord Mayor's Show. Snow again collaborated with his father to present BBC 2's 20th Century Battlefields and its print edition.{{cite news|title=An audience with Peter and Dan Snow|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2007/11/12/peter_and_dan_snow_feature.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=12 November 2007}} The series covers battles all around the world and is presented in similar fashion to the first Battlefield Britain.

In early 2022, Snow was part of the Endurance22 expedition that found Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost vessel, Endurance, 107 years after it sank in the Weddell Sea.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541|title=Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic|work=BBC News |date=9 March 2022 |access-date=9 March 2022}} It was announced he would dance with Nadiya Bychkova for the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

=Television=

Year	Work	Channel	Notes
class="wikitable"
2002	El Alamein	BBC Two	60th anniversary special of the Battle of El Alamein. Co-presented with Peter Snow.{{cite news\|title=Battleplan: El Alamein\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2336739.stm\|publisher=BBC\|date=17 October 2002}}
2004	Battlefield Britain	BBC Two	Won – 2004 BAFTA Craft Awards (Visual Effects).{{cite web\|title=CRAFT NOMINATIONS 2004\|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television-craft/nominations/?year=2004\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513133950/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television-craft/nominations/?year=2004\|publisher=BAFTA\|archive-date=13 May 2008 }}
2005	Trafalgar 200	BBC Two	Co-presented with Neil Oliver.{{cite news\|title=BBC TV commemorates Trafalgar 200 with a bang\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/05/trafalgar.shtml\|publisher=BBC\|date=5 October 2005}}
2006	Shipwreck: Ark Royal	BBC One
rowspan="3"\| 2007	20th Century Battlefields	BBC Two	Co-presented with Peter Snow.
Edwardian Winners and Losers	BBC Four	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jf0p Edwardian Winners and Losers]. BBC Four.
In Living Memory	BBC One	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0088rkt In Living Memory]. BBC One.
rowspan="5"\| 2008	What Britain Earns	BBC Two	Co-presented with Peter Snow.{{cite news\|title=Telegraph pick: What Britain Earns (BBC2)\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3674487/Telegraph-pick-What-Britain-Earns-BBC2.html\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=10 January 2008}}
Britain's Lost World	BBC One	Co-presented with Kate Humble and Steve Backshall.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c8m7f Britain's Lost World]. BBC One.
Hadrian	BBC Two BBC Wales	Won – 2009 BAFTA Cymru (Best Presenter).{{cite news\|title=BBC Wales' 11 Bafta Cymru winners\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8054939.stm\|date=11 May 2009\|work=BBC News}}
50 Things You Need To Know About British History	History Channel
My Family at War	BBC One	{{cite web\|title=My Family at War, Episode 1\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fd0x1\|publisher=BBC One\|year=2008}}
rowspan="2"\| 2009	Grouchy Young Men	Comedy Central	Cameo (pilot only).
Montezuma	BBC Two
rowspan="5"\| 2010	Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World	BBC Two
Battle for North America	BBC Two	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rl8xq Battle for North America]. BBC Two.
Little Ships	BBC Two	{{cite news\|title=Last Night's TV: Little Ships, BBC2 / Pulse, BBC3\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-little-ships-bbc2br-pulse-bbc3-1990949.html\|work=The Independent\|date=4 June 2010}}
Dan Snow's Norman Walks	BBC Four BBC Two	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcmy7 Dan Snow's Norman Walks]. BBC Four
How the Celts Saved Britain	BBC Four	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kps7h How the Celts Saved Britain]. BBC Four
rowspan="3"\| 2011	Filthy Cities	BBC Two
China's Terracotta Army	BBC One	[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007z998 China's Terracotta Army]. BBC One.
National Treasures Live	BBC One
rowspan="3"\| 2012	Dig WW2 with Dan Snow	BBC One Northern Ireland History Channel	Three-part series investigating stories of World War II battlegrounds through excavations and dives.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j72kz \|title=Dig WW2 with Dan Snow\|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
Battle Castle	History Channel Discovery Channel
Rome's Lost Empire	BBC One
rowspan="7"\|2013	Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways	BBC Two	Three-part series exploring the history of rail transport in Great Britain from its beginnings in the 18th century until the World War II.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16wj \|title=Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways\|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
A History of Syria with Dan Snow	BBC Two	This World episode exploring Syria's complex past and the roots of the current crisis.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/11/history-of-syria \|title=A History of Syria with Dan Snow\|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
The Dambusters: 70 Years On	BBC Two	Episode marking the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster raids, presenting veterans accounts of the events.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sjtzt \|title=The Dambusters: 70 Years On \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
D-Day: The Last Heroes	BBC One	Two-part series exploring the story of the D-Day landings planning and execution through the accounts of surviving veterans.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036hty7 \|title=D-Day: The Last Heroes \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
Dan Snow's History of Congo	BBC Two	This World episode exploring Congo's history of slavery, colonialism, endemic corruption and war.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/41/dan-snows-history-of-congo \|title=Dan Snow's History of Congo\|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
Airport Live	BBC Two	Originally intended to be one of the presenters, but was unable to because of family reasons; involved in pre-recorded clips.
Have I Got News For You	BBC One
rowspan="3"\|2014	Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow	BBC Two	Two-part series recreating John Wesley Powell's 1869 trip of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, where a team of nine men in period-correct boats and equipment navigates the canyon's 280 miles of river.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/01/operation-grand-canyon-with-dan-snow \|title=Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics	BBC Two	Episode exploring the 20th and 21st centuries political upheaval impact at the 90 years of the Winter Olympic Games.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/04/history-of-winter-olympics \|title=Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company	BBC Two	Two-part series exploring the story of the East India Company and how it changed British lifestyle, creating an empire and today's global trading systems.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042wzkr \|title=The Birth of Empire: The East India Company \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
rowspan="2"\|2015	\| Armada: 12 Days to Save England	BBC Two	Three-part series exploring the story of the Spanish Armada using discovered documents and computer-generated imagery.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/22/armada-12-days-to-save-england \|title=Armada: 12 Days to Save England \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
World's Busiest Railway 2015	BBC Two	Four-part series, exploring the science, systems and staff at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. Co-presented with Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/34/worlds-busiest-railway-ep-1 \|title=World's Busiest Railway 2015 \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
rowspan="5"\|2016	\| The Vikings Uncovered	BBC One	90 minute episode exploring the Vikings expansion to the west and uncovering new settlements.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b076r0sr \|title=The Vikings Uncovered \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=5 April 2016}}
New York: America's Busiest City	BBC Two	3x60 minute episodes exploring New York City, co-presented with Anita Rani, Ant Anstead and Ade Adepitan
Hunting the Nazi Gold Train	BBC Two	60-minute episode exploring Project Riese, Schloss Fürstenstein and the search for the "Nazi gold train".
Operation Gold Rush	BBC Two	3x60 minute episodes exploring the Klondike gold rush.
Dan Snow on Lloyd George: My Great-Great-Grandfather	BBC Wales	60 minute episode exploring the personal life and political career of David Lloyd George. First broadcast on 7 December 2016.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/dan-snow-on-lloyd-george\|title=BBC – Dan Snow uncovers the secrets of his great-great-grandfather, David Lloyd George – Media Centre\|access-date=28 February 2017}}
rowspan="1"\|2017	\| 1066: A Year to Conquer England	BBC Two	3x60 minute episodes exploring the events of 1066 in English history
"the World's Busiest Cities"((BBC Two))
rowspan="2"\|2020	\| Tutankhamun With Dan Snow	Channel Five	4x60 minute episodes about the history of Tutankhamun.{{cite web\|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/tutankhamun-with-dan-snow/\|publisher=channel5.com\|access-date=28 November 2020\|title=Tutankhamun With Dan Snow}}
The Dambusters	Channel Five	3x60 minute episodes about the RAF's 617 'Dambusters' squadron during WW2.{{cite web\|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-dambusters/\|publisher=channel5.com\|access-date=28 November 2020\|title=The Dambusters}}
rowspan="2"\|2022	\| Dan Snow: Into the Valley of the Kings	Channel Five	Documentary exploring the history of the Valley of the Kings.{{cite web\|url=https://www.https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ekoole/dan-snow-into-the-valley-of-the-kings/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=25 October 2022\|title=Dan Snow: Into the Valley of the Kings}}
Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Documentary about America's most significant dinosaur fossil discoveries.{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-6ddhlq/into-dinosaur-valley-with-dan-snow/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=15 November 2022\|title=Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow}}
rowspan="2"\| 2023	The Black Death	Channel Five	Two-part documentary series.{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ujvuz7/the-black-death-season-1/?episode=b-du9ht7\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=4 March 2023\|title=The Black Death}}
Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Documentary about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-g1vyq1/pompeii-the-discovery-with-dan-snow/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=4 March 2023\|title=Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow}}
rowspan="4"\| 2024	Atlantis: The Discovery with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Documentary about the lost city of Atlantis{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-2s5mnk/atlantis-the-discovery-with-dan-snow/ \|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=18 March 2024\|title=Atlantis: The Discovery with Dan Snow}}
Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Documentary about the prehistoric megalithic Stonehenge{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-2lsn0t/stonehenge-the-discovery-with-dan-snow/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=25 March 2024\|title=Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow}}
The Terracotta Army with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Documentary about the mausoleum complex of the First Qin Emperor of China and its Terracotta Army{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-l8mr7z/the-terracotta-army-with-dan-snow/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=21 June 2024\|title=The Terracotta Army with Dan Snow}}
The Colosseum with Dan Snow	Channel Five	Two-part documentary (The Arena of Death and Blood & Sand) about the history of the Colosseum{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-f687cd/the-colosseum-with-dan-snow-season-1/?episode=b-s0k56s\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=16 November 2024\|title=The Colosseum: The Arena Of Death with Dan Snow}}
2025	Dan Snow & the Lost City	Channel Five	Upcoming documentary about Machu Picchu.{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-lzygjw/dan-snow-the-lost-city/\|website=radiotimes.com\|access-date=30 May 2025\|title=Dan Snow & the Lost City}}
TBA	Life & Death in Pompeii with Dan Snow (w/t)	Channel Five	Upcoming four-part documentary series.{{cite web\|url=https://www.viacomcbs-mediahub.co.uk/press-releases/dan-snow-steps-back-in-time-to-explore-life-in-pompeii-with-brand-new-four-part-channel-5-series-from-history-hit\|website=viacomcbs-mediahub.co.uk\|access-date=27 August 2024\|title=Life & Death in Pompeii with Dan Snow (w/t)}}

=Radio=

Art in the Trenches, Radio 4
At War with Wellington, Radio 4
Prince of Wales, Radio 4, a look at the history of the office of Prince of Wales and the current occupant

= Online =

Dan Snow’s, [https://www.historyhit.com/podcast/dan-snows-history-hit/ History Hit]Network{{Cite web|url=https://www.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit|title=Dan Snow's History Hit on acast|last=acast|website=acast|language=en|access-date=2019-05-25}}
The Historic Present Pod, Charlie Gordon & Jonah Howe{{Cite web|date=21 Feb 2021|title=HPP: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN {{!}} feat. Dan Snow|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pChUTNMuGxU&t=69s|access-date=22 Feb 2021|website=YouTube}}

=Books=

{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dan|last2=Snow|first2=Peter|title=Battlefield Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ros5ala-EKAC|year=2004|location=London|publisher=Random House (BBC Books)|isbn=0-563-48789-5}}
{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dan|last2=Snow|first2=Peter|title=20th Century Battlefields|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdVFJroN_GwC|publisher=Random House (BBC Books)|year=2008|isbn=978-144-8140-596}}
{{cite book|last=Snow|first=Dan|title=Death or Victory: the Battle of Quebec and the birth of Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCbtG2YBARAC|location=London|publisher=Harper Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-00-728620-1}}
{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dan|last2=Pottle|first2=Mark|title=The Confusion of Command: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D'Oyly 'Snowball' Snow 1914 -1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRKucQAACAAJ&q=Confusion+of+Command|year=2011|publisher=Frontline Books |isbn= 978-1848325753}}
{{cite book|last=Snow|first=Dan|title=Battle Castles: 500 Years of Knights and Siege Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj153hPKwNAC|year=2012|location=London|publisher=Harper Press|isbn=978-0-00-745558-4}}
{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dan|last2=Snow|first2=Peter|title=The Battle of Waterloo Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-E3RoQEACAAJ&q=The+Battle+of+Waterloo+Experience|publisher=Andre Deutsch Ltd |year=2015|isbn=978-0233004471}}
{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dan|last2=Snow|first2=Peter|title=Treasures of British History: The Nation's Story Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1qCtAEACAAJ|publisher=Welbeck Publishing |year=2018|isbn=978-0233005621}}
{{cite book|last=Snow|first=Dan|title=On This Day in History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DN1bDwAAQBAJ|year=2018|location=London|publisher=John Murray|isbn=978-1473691278}}
{{cite book|last=Snow|first=Dan|title=History Hit Story of England: Making of a Nation|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/history-hit-story-of-england/history-hit-dan-snow/9781399726160|year=2024|location=London|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=978-1399726160}}

=Awards and honours=

Snow was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to history.{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=y|page=B21|date=8 June 2019}} In 2019 Snow was awarded a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) honoris causa from Lancaster University.{{Citation|title=Honorary award – Dan Snow|url=https://m.facebook.com/lancasteruniversity/videos/832118780579083/|access-date=2019-12-12}} Other awards and honours include:

BAFTA (Visual Effects) for 'Battlefield Britain'
Sony Award (Best Live Coverage) for Boat Race Day
BAFTA Cymru (Best Presenter) for 'Hadrian'
Maritime Media Award for best television, film or radio for 'Empire of the Seas'
2011 History Makers Award (Most Innovative Production) for 'Battle for North America' a 1-hour special on Snow's book 'Death or Victory.' Produced by Snow's production company Ballista
Voice of the Listener & Viewer Special Award 2013

Personal life

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|1=1. Daniel Robert Snow

|2=2. Peter Snow

|3=3. Ann Elizabeth MacMillan

|4=4. Brig. John FitzGerald Snow

|5=5. Margaret Mary Pringle

|6=6. Robert Laidlaw MacMillan

|7=7. Eluned Jane Evans

|8=8. Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow

|9=9. Charlotte Geraldine Coke

|10=10. Seton Sidney Pringle

|11=11. Ethel Louisa McMunn

|12=12. Robert Thurston MacMillan

|13=13. Elizabeth Morrell Laidlaw

|14=14. Sir Thomas John Evans

|15=15. Lady Olwen Elizabeth Lloyd George

|16=16. Rev. George D'Oyly Snow

|17=17. Maria Jane Barlow

|18=18. Maj. Gen. John Talbot Coke

|19=19. Charlotte FitzGerald

|20=20. John Pringle

|21=21. Maria Adelaide King

|22=22. Dr. Andrew McMunn

|23=23. Mary Jane McMunn

|24=24. John MacMillan

|25=25. Mary McWilliams

|26=26. William Laidlaw

|27=27. Sarah Wyllie

|28=28. Dr. Robert Davies Evans

|29=29. Elizabeth Ann Jones

|30=30. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor

|31=31. Dame Margaret Lloyd George

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On 27 November 2010, Snow married the criminologist and philanthropist Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor,{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2010/12/02/duke-and-duchess-of-westminster-s-daughter-lady-edwina-marriestv-presenter-dan-snow-51352-27751501/ |title=Flintshire |publisher=Flintshirechronicle.co.uk |date=1 January 2012 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230154123/http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2010/12/02/duke-and-duchess-of-westminster-s-daughter-lady-edwina-marriestv-presenter-dan-snow-51352-27751501/ |url-status=dead }} second daughter of The 6th Duke of Westminster.{{cite book

| last = Burke's Peerage

| editor = Charles Mosley

| title = Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn

| location = London

| publisher = Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd

| page = 4131 (WESTMINSTER, D)

| date = 2003

| isbn = 0-9711966-2-1}} The couple have three children, the eldest and youngest being daughters. Their home, in the New Forest, has a private beach.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/dan-snow-interview-there-are-good-days-but-i-don-t-feel-like-a-beautiful-person-fkcqhcw3m|last=Julia Llewellyn Smith|title=History hunk? I don't feel like a beautiful person|newspaper=Times Weekend|location=London|date=22 January 2022|accessdate=29 October 2024}}

On 18 April 2010, Snow and a few friends took three rigid-hulled inflatable boats from Dover to Calais to help 25 people return to Britain, after they had been stranded in France by the air travel disruption after the Icelandic eruption. At Calais they were told by the French authorities that they could not return to collect any more.{{cite news|title=Presenter Dan Snow's bid to rescue tourists halted|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8627922.stm|publisher=BBC|date=18 April 2010}}

In August 2011, he chased a group of rioters through Notting Hill in west London before tackling and performing a citizen's arrest on a looter who was fleeing from a shoe shop.{{cite web |url=http://gu.com/p/3x58a |title=A legal guide to citizen's arrest |work=The Guardian |first=Rupert|last= Myers |date=9 August 2011 |access-date=4 February 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14472467 |title=TV presenter Dan Snow 'sat on a looter' in London riot |publisher=BBC News UK |date=10 August 2011 |access-date=3 March 2014 }}

Snow serves as President of the Council for British Archaeology and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.{{cite web|url=http://new.archaeologyuk.org/president-and-trustees|title=Council for British Archaeology – President and Trustees|first=Ledgard|last=Jepson|access-date=28 February 2017}} As an atheist and a humanist, he is a Patron of Humanists UK{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/highbrow-heart-throb-dan-snow-honoured-for-services-to-history/|title=Evening Express the Press and Journal combined|date=16 November 2016 }} and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html|title=National Secular Society Honorary Associates}} National Secular Society. Retrieved 27 July 2019 He is also an advocate for political reform, being the Electoral Reform Society's first ambassador. He played a prominent part in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum in the UK; after he released a viral video, the campaign used a version of it, featuring him, as their final referendum broadcast.

In August 2014, Snow was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}} In June 2019, Snow wrote in a Twitter thread {{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/thehistoryguy/status/1136895810883510273|title=Twitter thread about Brexit and a Scottish Independence Referendum|work=Twitter|access-date=7 June 2019|date=7 June 2019}} if Brexit happened and if the Scottish National Party won a majority of votes in Scotland, he would "get" why Scottish people would want to have a second referendum, as leaving the European Union could "put up barriers" for Scotland. He was then asked if this meant he now advise Scots to vote for independence, and he replied "No way. One thing Brexit has taught me is the utter insanity of trying to rip countries apart".{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/thehistoryguy/status/1137016782345183232 |title=Tweet: No Way|work=Twitter|access-date=7 June 2019|date=7 June 2019}}

Snow was one of sixteen board members of More United, which endorsed candidates in parliamentary elections that support their values. The movement was set-up in July 2016 "to stand up for our values of opportunity, tolerance, the environment, democracy, and openness".{{cite web|title=The team|url=http://www.moreunited.uk/team|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402043143/https://www.moreunited.uk/team|url-status=dead}}

Snow is an Honorary Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve.{{London Gazette|issue=63542|supp=y|page=21618|date=30 November 2021}}