The grounds are named after benefactor Florence Boot (1863 - 1952) who was the Jersey-born wife of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent.
Jesse Boot of Boots the Chemist: A study in Business History by Stanley Chapman (Detail from a copy of the book with black and white plates of Jesse Boot and published by Hodder and Stoughton UK as a special edition for The Boots Company Nottingham in 1973 with an ISBN 0-340-17704-7.)
Jesse Ventura | Jesse Owens | Jesse Jackson | Jesse James | Jesse McCartney | Das Boot | Jesse Helms | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Jesse Spencer | Jesse Johnson | Wellington boot | Jesse Ramsden | Jesse Lingard | Jesse Eisenberg | Jesse May | Jesse Jane | Jesse James (film) | Jesse Ferguson | Jesse Belvin | Harry Boot | Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura | Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge | Jesse Smith | Jesse Rosenfeld | Jesse Robredo | Jesse Peretz | Jesse Moynihan | Jesse Leach | Jesse & Joy | Jesse Fuller |
Glenborrodale Castle was built as a guest house by Charles Rudd, the main business associate of Cecil Rhodes, and was later owned by Jesse Boot, who was the proprietor of the Boots chain of chemist shops.
John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent KBE (19 January 1889–8 March 1956) was the son of the Jesse Boot who turned the Boots Company, founded by his father John Boot, into a major national company.