predecessor successor birth_place leader party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
chris waldegrave anthony trafford maurice macmillan smith -lrb- national heritage -rrb- stephen dorrell william francis sport -rrb- stephen dorrell brian mawhinney jeremy hunt maude chris smith -lrb- culture , media and dunoon , scotland john major conservative party shadow sport secretary of state for national heritage secretary of state secretary for health minister of state for health member of parliament of for south west surrey state for culture , media and john major john major margaret thatcher john major 12 march 1948 2 28 october 1989 4 may 1984 may 1997 5 july 1995 9 april 1992 virginia bottomley crop.jpg virginia bottomley
 11 9 april 1992 11 april 2005 june 1997 2 may 1997 5 july 1995 the baroness bottomley of nettlestone university of essex london school of economics
virginia bottomley

virginia hilda brunette maxwell bottomley , baroness bottomley of nettlestone , pc , dl -lrb- née garnett , born 12 march 1948 -rrb- is a british conservative party politician .
she was a member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- in the house of commons from 1984 to 2005 .
she was raised to the peerage in 2005 .
considered to be a `` one nation conservative '' , bottomley is a life member of the tory reform group .
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 and a trustee of the economist newspaper .
as part of her pro-bono activities , virginia is chancellor of the university of hull and governor of the london school of economics .
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 since 2000 .
