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The House of Commons, 1660-1690 By Henning, Basil Duke Secker & Warburg, London 1983 ISBN 0436192748 vol I Members A-B vol II Members C-L vol III Members M-Y

The History of Parliament: the House of Commons, 1690-1715 (5 vols) by Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton (Jan 1, 2002) ISBN 0521772214

The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1715-1754 (2 vols) [Hardcover] Romney Sedgwick Publisher: The Stationery Office (January 1, 1970) ISBN 0118800981

Title	The House of Commons 1754-1790: Members A-J, Volume 2 Author	Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier Edition	2 Publisher	H.M.S.O., 1966

The House of Commons 1790-1820 Roland G. Thorne, History of Parliament Trust (Great Britain) Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. ISBN 0436521016 London 1986 http://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC vol I Survey volume III: members A-F volume IV: members G-P volume V: members Q-Y


 * http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66786


 * http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/carteret-sir-george-1610-80
 * http://78.46.84.109/volume/1660-1690/member/herbert-arthur-1648-1716


 * http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConGallery.31/Masters-Deputy-Masters-and-Elder-Brethrenof-Trinity-House.html

Early history has been lost, due to fires, etc.

The post of Master gradually became merely ceremonial, with the Deputy Master carrying out the duties.


 * Thomas Spert was first master and principal founder of Trinity House
 * 1514-1541


 * Charter granted in 1529 to Sir Thomas Sprent (sic), Comptroller of the Navy
 * Master of the Mariners of England

Henry VIII granted a royal charter in 1514 []


 * Thomas Andrewes, father of Lancelot Andrewes  (16th century)


 * Peter Hills, as of 1593


 * Richard Polter as of 1599 (The Trinity House of Deptford, 1514-1660, G. G. Harris, Athlone P., 1969, p. 70)

(or Merrick or Mearicke or Mearett or Meret or Merricke)
 * Hugh Merritt 1608- (The Trinity House of Deptford, 1514-1660, G. G. Harris, Athlone P., 1969, p. 71), by order of James I
 * Hugh Merritt 1609-10 (The Trinity house of Deptford Strond, Charles Raymond Booth Barrett, 1893, p. 142)
 * Hugh Merritt as of Feb 1610
 * Mearicke, as of Feb 1610
 * as of Oct, Dec 1610


 * Robert Rickman as of June, July 1611


 * William Byam (Trinity House of Deptford transactions, 1609-35, G. G. Harris, London Record Society, 1983, pp.11,12,13; )


 * William Byam as of Jul, Dec 1612
 * William Byam as of Jan 1613
 * William Ivie as of May, June 1613 (1613-1614) (ref as above)
 * William Ivie or Ivye as of Feb, Mar, Apr, May 1614
 * Richard Chester as of Sept, Oct 1615 ]
 * Richard Chester, 1615-
 * Robert Salmon, 1617-


 * Thomas Best as of Jan, Mar 1617
 * Robert Salmon as of July 1617
 * Thomas Best as of Oct 1618
 * Henry Rawlin as of 1620
 * Thomas Best as of 1621 (by Jan 1622, deputy-master: )
 * Robert Salmon as of 1623
 * Robert Salmon as of 1624
 * Michael Geere as of 1625
 * Thomas Best as of 1626
 * Mr. Cooke as of October 11 1627
 * Walter Cooke 1629- (The Trinity house of Deptford Strond, Charles Raymond Booth Barrett, 1893, p. 62: "William Cooke had a brother Walter, who was already an Elder Brother, and was Master in 1629.")
 * Walter Coke as of 1630
 * Samuel Doves as of 1631
 * Samuel Doves as of Mar, Apr 1632
 * Robert Bell as of June, Aug, Sep, Nov 1632
 * Robert Bell as of May 1633


 * Mr. Bell (Trinity House of Deptford transactions, 1609-35, G. G. Harris, London Record Society, 1983, p.117)


 * William Rainborowe 1633-4 (Ships, money, and politics: seafaring and naval enterprise in the reign of ... By Kenneth R. Andrews)
 * William Rainborow as of April, May 1634 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63930]


 * John Best as of 1636, Thomas Best 1637- (The Trinity House of Deptford, 1514-1660, G. G. Harris, Athlone P., 1969, p. 143)(The Trinity house of Deptford Strond, Charles Raymond Booth Barrett, 1893, p. 143)


 * (The Trinity House of Deptford, 1514-1660, G. G. Harris, Athlone P., 1969, p. 50): "... usage in the early seventeenth century seems to have been that a Master should have only one term of office. Captain Thomas Best was one of the three exceptions (the others were Merritt and Robert Salmon): he held the office at least three times.


 * (The Trinity House of Deptford, 1514-1660, G. G. Harris, Athlone P., 1969, p. 55): "... Thomas Best who was twice Master of Trinity House"


 * Mr. Merritt

by A.J. Dunkin By Archaeological mine, Alfred John Dunkin Vol 1 London: John Russell Smith, Soho Square MDCCCLV = 1855)
 * William Goodlad 1638-9 (The Archaeological mine, antiquarian nuggets relating to the county of Kent


 * Richard Harris?


 * 1642–1642 Sir Henry Mainwaring ("Mainwaring became Master of Trinity House in 1642 but was removed from office on the orders of Parliament" -- Harris 1969)


 * 1659–1660 Alexander Bence
 * 1660–1661 George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
 * 1661–1662 Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich


 * 1663–1664 Sir William Batten
 * 1664–1665 Sir George Carteret


 * 1667–1668 Sir William Penn


 * 1670–1671 William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
 * 1671–1672 Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet (no dates given)


 * 1674–1675 Sir John Kempthorne
 * 1675–1676 Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
 * 1676–1677 Samuel Pepys (vol III, page 226)


 * 1681–1682 George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley
 * 1682–1683 Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
 * 1683–1685 George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
 * 1685–1686 Samuel Pepys (vol III, page 226)


 * 1687–1688 Sir Richard Haddock


 * 1689–1690 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (c. 1648-1716): (vol II, page 526)
 * 1690–1692 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (vol III, page 359)
 * 1692–1694 Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (vol II, page 535)
 * 1694–1695 Captain John Hill (Trinity House Archives)  Father-in-law successively of John Narborough and Cloudesley Shovell
 * 1695–1697 Sir Matthew Andrews (High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1676)


 * 1700–1701 Samuel Atkinson (c.1645-1718) (MP Harwich)


 * 1705–1707 George Churchill
 * 1707–1709 Sir Henry Johnson   (MP Aldeburgh)


 * 1711–1713 Sir George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
 * Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739) 1713


 * 1715–1719 James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley


 * 1723–1724 Sir John Jennings


 * 1729–1731 Sir Thomas Hardy,   MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis


 * 1741–1745 Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (Venn Alumni Cant. LNS728C )


 * 1749–1752 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich


 * 1751–1756 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson  1752-56


 * 1756–1760 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
 * 1760–1764 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
 * 1764–1768 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
 * 1768–1770 George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
 * 1770–1773 Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
 * 1773–1775 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
 * 1775–1777 William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
 * 1777–1782 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich


 * 1790–1806 William Pitt the Younger


 * 1806–1807 George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (Venn SPNR776GJ )


 * 1807–1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland


 * 1809–1816 John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden incorrectly says 1819 instead of 1816
 * 1816–1828 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (death) ? Cracroft's says Elder Brother only
 * 1828–1829 John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
 * 1829–1831 William IV of the United Kingdom
 * 1831–1837 John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
 * 1837–1852 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (death)
 * 1852–1861 Albert, Prince Consort (painting by William Boxall: Albert, Prince Consort, Master of Trinity House 1852–1861
 * 1862–1865 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (death)
 * 1866– Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * George V of the United Kingdom as of 1901 (as Duke of Cornwall and York)
 * 1910–1942 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
 * 1942–1969 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
 * 1969–&#x2007;&#x2007;&#x2007;&#x2007; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Deputy Master

 * Captain John Hill July 1685-May 1687 (Trinity House Archives)
 * Hector Rose –1795? d. 1795


 * 1803– Joseph Cotton       1803, about 20 years


 * 1825–1834 Captain John Woolmore (1755-1837)
 * Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet 1834–


 * Sir Robert Preston, = Sir Robert Preston, 6th Baronet, British MP for Dover, 1784–1790 ?

John Shepherd, Deputy Master of Trinity House as of 1866 in Venn KTCN839WV


 * Sir Frederick Arrow as of 1875
 * Sir Richard Collinson, from 1875-


 * Captain Webb, as of September 24th 1884
 * Sir Sydney Webb, as of 1891


 * CAPTAIN SIR GEORGE RAWLINSON VYVYAN, K.C.M.G. as of 1899 and 1902

Captain Sir Malcolm Edge no dates given

The "Shipping World" Year Book: A Desk Manual in Trade, Commerce, and Navigation. 1922 Thirty-sixth edition London
 * Sir H. Acton Blake, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., as of 1922
 * editor=J. T. Findlay


 * Vice-Admiral G. R. Mansell C.B.E. M.V.O. as of 1929

1948: "Captain Sir Arthur Morrell, deputy master of the Corporation of Trinity House for the past 13 years, has retired from active service, and Captain Gerald Curteis...")
 * Captain Sir Arthur Morell (Shipbuilding & shipping record: a journal of shipbuilding, marine ...: Volume 72
 * 1948– Captain Gerald Curteis, M.V.O., R.N.. as of 1951

Captain George E. Barnard as of 1961, succeeds Curteis (1961?)


 * Captain Sir Miles Wingate as of 1986 ; former, as of 1998


 * Rear Admiral Patrick Barton Rowe, CBE, LVO  2002 new year
 * Rear Admiral Jeremy Michael De Halpert CB  2002 and as of (up to?) 2009
 * Captain Ian McNaught (end of 2011)