List of Poet Laureates of The United Kingdom

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The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Prime Minister

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Poet laureate,Birth and death,Appointed by,Dates of laureateshipJohn Dryden,1631-1700,Charles II,13 April 1668 - January 1688Thomas Shadwell,c. 1640-1692,William III and Mary II,9 March 1689 - 19 or 20 November 1692Nahum Tate,1652-1715,William III and Mary II,23 December 1692 - 30 July 1715Nicholas Rowe,1674-1718,George I,1 August 1715 - 6 December 1718Laurence Eusden,1688-1730,George I,10 December 1718 - 27 September 1730Colley Cibber,1671-1757,George II,3 December 1730 - 12 December 1757William Whitehead,1715-1785,George II,19 December 1757 - 14 April 1785Thomas Warton,1728-1790,George III,20 April 1785 - 21 May 1790Henry James Pye,1745-1813,George III,28 July 1790 - 11 August 1813Robert Southey,1774-1843,George III,12 August 1813 - 21 March 1843William Wordsworth,1770-1850,Victoria,6 April 1843 - 23 April 1850"Alfred, Lord Tennyson",1809-1892,Victoria,19 November 1850 - 6 October 1892Alfred Austin,1835-1913,Victoria,1 January 1896 - 2 June 1913Robert Bridges,1844-1930,George V,25 July 1913 - 21 April 1930John Masefield,1878-1967,George V,9 May 1930 - 12 May 1967Cecil Day-Lewis,1904-1972,Elizabeth II,2 January 1968 - 22 May 1972John Betjeman,1906-1984,Elizabeth II,20 October 1972 - 19 May 1984Ted Hughes,1930-1998,Elizabeth II,28 December 1984 - 28 October 1998Andrew Motion,1952-,Elizabeth II,19 May 1999 - May 2009Carol Ann Duffy,1955-,Elizabeth II,1 May 2009 -,,,www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,