Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment
In office 25 July 1988 – 28 October 1989
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
David Trippier
Succeeded by
David Heathcoat-Amory
Chancellor of the University of Hull
In office 12 April 2006 – 1 July 2023
Vice Chancellor
Dave Petley (2022-23)
Preceded by
Robert Armstrong
Succeeded by
Alan Johnson
Parliamentary representation
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2005 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for South West Surrey
In office 4 May 1984 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by
Maurice Macmillan
Succeeded by
Jeremy Hunt
Personal details
Born
(1948-03-12) 12 March 1948 (age 76)[1] Dunoon, Scotland
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Peter Bottomley
(m. 1967)
Children
Josh · Cecilia · Adela
Education
Putney High School
Alma mater
University of Essex (BA) London School of Economics (MA)
Signature
Website
Official website
Virginia Bottomley's voice
from the BBC Front Row, 25 April 2013[2]
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC DL (née Garnett, born 12 March 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician and headhunter. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2005.
^"Mrs Virginia Bottomley (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^"Virginia Bottomley". Front Row. 25 April 2013. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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