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| − | '''Virginia Bottomley''', Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, (née Garnett) is a British [[Conservative Party]] politician. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey from 1984 to 2005, when her cousin [[Jeremy Hunt]] inherited the constituency. Virginia was then ennobled and became Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone.<ref>''[http://northernvoicesmag.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-secret-of-hunts-success-hunt.html "The Hunt Bottomley link"]''</ref> | + | '''Virginia Bottomley''', Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, (née Garnett) is a British [[Conservative Party]] politician. She was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[South West Surrey]] from 1984 to 2005, when her cousin [[Jeremy Hunt]] inherited the constituency. Virginia was then ennobled and became Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone.<ref>''[http://northernvoicesmag.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-secret-of-hunts-success-hunt.html "The Hunt Bottomley link"]''</ref> |
She now lobbies on behalf of the private health sector, was a director of [[BUPA]] between 2007-2013 and currently [[Smith and Nephew]]. Previously she was a member of the Supervisory Board of [[Akzo Nobel NV]] from 2000–12, and is a Trustee of the ''Economist''. | She now lobbies on behalf of the private health sector, was a director of [[BUPA]] between 2007-2013 and currently [[Smith and Nephew]]. Previously she was a member of the Supervisory Board of [[Akzo Nobel NV]] from 2000–12, and is a Trustee of the ''Economist''. | ||
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 Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone      | |
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 Baroness Bottomley head-hunted nephew Tristram Hunt and bequeathed her Surrey seat to cousin Jeremy Hunt | |
| Born | Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Garnett 12 March 1948 Dunoon, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Essex, London School of Economics |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Member of | Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK |
| Party | Conservative |
Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, (née Garnett) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey from 1984 to 2005, when her cousin Jeremy Hunt inherited the constituency. Virginia was then ennobled and became Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone.[1]
She now lobbies on behalf of the private health sector, was a director of BUPA between 2007-2013 and currently Smith and Nephew. Previously she was a member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV from 2000–12, and is a Trustee of the Economist.
As part of her pro-bono activities, Baroness Bottomley 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 is Chair of Board Practice at executive head-hunting firm Odgers Berndtson where she has been since 2000.
Baroness Bottomley is the aunt of former Labour MP Tristram Hunt, whom she head-hunted to become Director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum in December 2016.[2]
