The Master of the Corporation (now an honorary title) is 

Anne, Princess Royal. Previous Masters of

Trinity House have included: Vice-Admiral of England Thomas Spert, master of the warship Henry
Grace à Dieu under Henry VIII; the diarist Samuel Pepys; William Pitt the Younger; Field Marshal the
Duke of Wellington; and Admiral 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.[5] Often, especially on naval-related forays during the Second World War,
Churchill was seen in the Trinity House cap or uniform. Churchill also had a Trinity House vessel
(THV) named after him, THV Winston Churchill.[6]