Baron Trent, of
Nottingham
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in the
County of Nottingham, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great ...
. It was created on 18 March 1929 for the businessman and philanthropist
Sir Jesse Boot, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of
Wilford in the County of Nottingham, in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James ...
on 11 January 1917.
He was the son of
John Boot, founder of
Boots. Lord Trent was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was also head of the family business. The titles became extinct on his death in 1956.
Barons Trent (1929)
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Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (2 June 1850 – 13 June 1931) transformed The Boots Company, founded by his father, John Boot, into a national retailer, which branded itself as "Chemists to the Nation".
Biography
Boot sold his controlling interes ...
(1850–1931)
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John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889–1956)
Arms
References
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1929