Poet Laureates of England
1616-1637: Jonson
1638-1668: Sir William D' Avenant
1668-1689: Dryden (forced to leave the post)
1689-1692: Thomas Shandwell
1692-1715: Nahum Tate
1715-1718: Nicholas Rowe
1718-1730: Laurence Eusden
1730-1757: Colley Cibber
1757-1785: William Whitehead
1785-1790: Thomas Warton
1790-1813: Henry James Pye
1813-1843: Southey
1843-1850: Wordsworth
1850-1892: Tennyson
1896-1913: Alfred Austin
1913-1930: Robert Bridges
1930-1967: John Masefield
1968-1972: C. Day Lewis
1972-1984: Sir John Betjeman
1984-1998: Ted 'Edward James' Hughes
1999-2009: Andrew Motion (Now post fixed for 10 years)
2009-2019: Carol Ann Duffy (1st woman poet laureate)
1616-1637: Jonson
1638-1668: Sir William D' Avenant
1668-1689: Dryden (forced to leave the post)
1689-1692: Thomas Shandwell
1692-1715: Nahum Tate
1715-1718: Nicholas Rowe
1718-1730: Laurence Eusden
1730-1757: Colley Cibber
1757-1785: William Whitehead
1785-1790: Thomas Warton
1790-1813: Henry James Pye
1813-1843: Southey
1843-1850: Wordsworth
1850-1892: Tennyson
1896-1913: Alfred Austin
1913-1930: Robert Bridges
1930-1967: John Masefield
1968-1972: C. Day Lewis
1972-1984: Sir John Betjeman
1984-1998: Ted 'Edward James' Hughes
1999-2009: Andrew Motion (Now post fixed for 10 years)
2009-2019: Carol Ann Duffy (1st woman poet laureate)
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