Editing Trinity House (section)

==Master of the Corporation==
[[File:President_Roosevelt_and_Winston_Churchill_seated_on_the_quarterdeck_of_HMS_PRINCE_OF_WALES_for_a_Sunday_service_during_the_Atlantic_Conference,_10_August_1941._A4815.jpg| thumb|right|[[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] in his Trinity House uniform at the [[Atlantic Charter|Atlantic Conference]]]]
The Master of the Corporation (now an [[honorary title]]) is [[Anne, Princess Royal]]. Previous Masters of Trinity House include [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]; [[Vice-Admiral of England|Vice-Admiral]] [[Sir Thomas Spert]], master of the warship ''[[Henry Grace à Dieu]]'' under [[Henry VIII]]; the diarist [[Samuel Pepys]]; [[William Pitt the Younger]]; [[Field Marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|the Duke of Wellington]]; and [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[William Penn (Royal Navy officer)|Sir William Penn]] (father of [[William Penn]], founder of [[Pennsylvania]]).

Other prominent individuals in Britain, often connected with commercial shipping or [[the Admiralty]], have been associated with Trinity House, including [[Winston Churchill]]. He gained his status as an Elder Brother of Trinity House as a result of his position as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] before and during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trinityhousehistory.wordpress.com/tag/churchill/|title=Churchill {{!}} Trinity House History|website=trinityhousehistory.wordpress.com|date=22 January 2014 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref>  Often, especially on naval-related forays during the [[Second World War]], Churchill was seen wearing the Trinity House cap or uniform. Churchill also had a Trinity House vessel (THV) named after him, THV ''Winston Churchill''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=975740| title=THV ''Winston Churchill''| publisher=Ship Spotting| access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref>