serviceyears branch predecessor successor leader allegiance office term_start rank image article_title term_end name alma_mater
1961 -- 1970 united kingdom mike gapes caroline spelman crispin rural affairs -rrb- blunt oliver letwin -lrb- environment , food and michael howard united kingdom chair of state for the environment member of parliament of the foreign affairs select committee shadow secretary 17 may 2010 15 march 2004 lieutenant richard ottaway mp.jpg richard ottaway
 30 march 2015 10 may 2005 sir richard ottaway britannia royal naval college university of bristol
richard ottaway

sir richard geoffrey james ottaway -lrb- born 24 may 1945 -rrb- is a british conservative politician , member of parliament for croydon south from 1992 to 2015 .
he was previously mp for nottingham north -lrb- 1983 -- 87 -rrb- .
