Shropshire has eight new names in Who's Who guide

Mrs Garner, 55, head of Newport Girls' High School since 2011, is one of eight Shropshire people making their first appearance in the famous guide.

The others are: Philippa Tudor, Shrewsbury-born clerk of committees at the House of Lords; Timothy Cox, Shrewsbury-born Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire; John Moule, Shrewsbury-born headmaster of Bedford School; Ian Robertson, Shropshire-born head of sales and marketing at BMW; Katy Bowen-Bravery, Cosford-born editor of Saga Magazine; Professor John Clarkson, Oswestry-born professor of engineering design at the University of Cambridge; and Stephen Jones, Shropshire-born Warden of St Edward's School, Oxford.

Inclusion in Who's Who, which contains 33,000 potted biographies of some of the most famous, talented and accomplished people in the world, is by invitation only.

The 2014 edition also includes violinist Nicola Benedetti, former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips and BBC TV Antiques Roadshow experts Eric Knowles and John Bly.

Everyone in Who's Who – with the possible exception of fugitive peer Lord Lucan, who vanished in November 1974 but who nevertheless retains his place – is invited to compile his or her own entry, so they can be as long or as short as celebrities wish.

The late romantic novelist, Dame Barbara Cartland, required 211 lines to list her literary achievements.

But Mrs Garner explains her life story in just eight lines.

In her entry, Mrs Garner lists her recreations as "walking, gardening, skiing, family."

In her entry, writer Julie Burchill, 54, lists just two recreations – "sex and shopping".

The 2014 edition of Who's Who will be published by Bloomsbury priced £250.