Background
BOTTOMLEY, Peter James was born on July 30, 1944. Parents: Sir James Bottomley, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
BOTTOMLEY, Peter James was born on July 30, 1944. Parents: Sir James Bottomley, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge University.
Member of Parliament for Woolwich West, 1975-1983, and for Eltham, since 1983. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment, 1984. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport, Minister for Roads and Traffic, 1986-1989.
Parliamentary Under Sec, Northern Ireland. Ministry, for Agriculture. Ministry, for Environmnt.
Has worked in industrial relations and industrial economics. Chairman, Family Forum, 1980-1982. President, C.T.U., 1978-1981.
Trustee, Christian Aid, 1978-1984.
C of E
Institut, of Personnel Management, (Fellow). Clubs: Industry and Parliament Trust (Fellow). Former Captain, House of Commons Football Club.
Transport and General Workers Union. House of Commons Dinghy sailing champion.
Spouse Virginia Bottomley (neé Garnett), Member of Parliament, Justice of the Peace Secretary of State for Health, 1967. Children: one son, two d.