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She studied at the University Of Essex and the London School Of Economics . She was a researcher for Child Poverty Action Group and then became a Social Worker and a Magistrate ( Justice Of The Peace ). She was elected to Parliament in a By-election in 1984 , as the Member for South West Surrey , and received her first ministerial position in 1988 , as junior Environment minister, and was appointed Minister of Health in 1989 . She become a member of the Privy Council , and joined John Major 's cabinet, serving as Secretary Of State For Health from 1992 to 1995 , and then Secretary Of State For National Heritage from 1995 to 1997 . After the 1997 General Election , she returned to the Backbenches also becoming a Headhunter for the Charity and Public Sector s. She stepped down from the House of Commons when the 2005 General Election was called. She is also involved with charitable and academic bodies. She is a Governor of the London School of Economics and the University Of The Arts, London . She is also a Council Member of the Ditchley Foundation and President of Farnham Castle Centre for International Briefing. Since 2000 she has sat on the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel . She is on the Advisory Council of the International Chamber of Commerce UK and the Judge School of Management, Cambridge. Virginia is a trustee and fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust. She is National President of the Abbeyfield Society and a Vice-Patron of Carers and Cruse. She is a lay Canon of Guildford Cathedral , and a Freeman of the City Of London . In January 2006, she was elected as the next chancellor of the University Of Hull , replacing Lord Armstrong Of Ilminster in April 2006. Virginia Garnett married Peter Bottomley in 1967; since 1975 he has been an MP. Her brother, Christopher Garnett , is the chief executive of the GNER railway, and Peter Jay , the former British Ambassador To The United States , is a cousin.
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