Baron Trent

Baron Trent, of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] 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 on 11 January 1917.^[2] He was the son of John Boot, founder of Boots the Chemist. 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)

• Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850–1931)
• John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889–1956)

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 33479. p. 1968. 22 March 1929.
2. The London Gazette: no. 29982. p. 2512. 13 March 1917.

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages