Virginia Bottomley
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone PC DL |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Chris Smith (National Heritage) |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Secretary of State for National Heritage | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Succeeded by | Chris Smith (Culture, Media and Sport) |
| Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Minister of State for Health | |
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In office 28 October 1989 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Anthony Trafford |
| Succeeded by | Brian Mawhinney |
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Member of Parliament for South West Surrey |
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In office 4 May 1984 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Hunt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 March 1948 Dunoon, Scotland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of Essex London School of Economics |
| Religion | Anglican |
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC, DL (née Garnett, born 12 March 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She was raised to the peerage in 2005.
She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV from 2000–12, an NED on BUPA 2007–2013 and currently Smith and Nephew, she is a Trustee of The Economist Newspaper. As part of her pro-bono activities, Virginia is Chancellor of the University of Hull. She was a Governor of the London School of Economics for 31 years. She is a member of the UK Advisory Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. She has been Chair of the Board Practice at executive head-hunting firm Odgers Berndtson where she has been since 2000.
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Garnett was born in Dunoon, Scotland to W. John Garnett CBE, former director of what was then called The Industrial Society, and Barbara Rutherford-Smith, a teacher and elected Conservative member of the Inner London Education Authority. Her paternal aunt was Labour Greater London Council Member Margaret (Peggy) Jay. She first met Peter Bottomley, her future husband, when she was 12 years old; they wed in 1967.
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