Prime Minister Liz Truss's roots traced back to Bolton

Liz Truss is to be formally appointed Prime Minister today when she flies to Balmoral to see Her Majesty the Queen.

The PM has strong links with Bolton.

Her grandfather George Grasby taught as a Latin teacher at Bolton School for 25 years, and later became the head of classics and her mother was a pupil at the school.

It was after he served with the army in India in an intelligence role in World War II that he began his career at the school.

Ms Truss' mother Priscilla Truss was a pupil at the school, and later went on to become a nurse, teacher, and member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Ms Truss was born in Oxford.

Lizz Truss during a visit to Bolton

Former pupil of Bolton School Stuart Brooks previously told the school in an interview: "I had some brilliant people teaching me who had lived through the fascinating politics of the 1930s and 1940s, which had a real impression on me.

"In class we always used to try and prompt these characters, like our Latin teacher George Grasby, to digress from the lesson topics and to wander on to something we regarded as much more interesting.

"Grasby was very easily led astray from the curriculum in this respect."

Philip Britton, Head of the Bolton School Foundation said: “It is always interesting to find local connections with public figures. Mr Grasby, Liz Truss’s grandfather was a very well thought of Head of Classics at Bolton School Boys’ Division for 25 years.

 “When we collected the thoughts of 100 Alumni for our centenary a few years ago, several recognised that he had made a great impact on their school days.

“Her mother is also an Old Girl of the school, who valued her time here as a girl and the values it gave her for a principled and purposeful life.”

Mrs Truss has previously visited Bolton's branch of The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain to show her support for the Ukrainian community, during the ongoing conflict.

Before going on to serve as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Minister for Women and Equalities, she studied politics, economics, and philosophy at Merton College Oxford.

Prior to her career as a Conservative politician, Mrs Truss was also president of Oxford University Liberal Democrats, and a member of the national executive committee of Liberal Democrat Youth and Students.

By 1996 Mrs Truss graduated and joined the Conservative Party.