LORD ROSS OF GRIMSBY? TYCOON BELIEVED TO BE ON PM'S RESIGNATION HONOURS LIST

                                                   

David Ross - pal of Boris Johnson

GRIMSBY-born entrepreneur and philanthropist David Ross could be in line for a peerage.

Mr Ross (57), former chairman of the now defunct Grimsby company Cosalt plc and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, is a friend of Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been a guest at his holiday home on the Caribbean island of Mustique.

In addition, he has long been been a major donor to the coffers of the Conservtive Party.

It is understood that his name is one of those included in the draft copy of the Prime Minister's resignation honours list.

Mr Ross, who was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland, then at the University of Nottingham where his degree subject was Law.

He went on to qualify as a chartered accountant and is a wizz with numbers. 

He has never had a particularly conspicuous role in public life of the Grimsby area, though the 34 academies in the portfolio of the David Ross Education Trust are understood to include the Edward Heneage Primary Academy and Havelock Academy, both in Grimsby.