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Poet Laureate is the poet attached to the royal household, an office officially established in 1668, though its origins go back to the early Middle Ages when minstrels were employed at the courts of English kings. Chaucer, Skelton and Spenser though not court poets were all unofficial poets laureate. Ben Johnson has been called the first "official laureate" (1616), but the office was not officially recognised until 1668, when Dryden was formally granted the office. |
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Holders of the Poet Laureate Office: - |
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| Name | Years | ||
| John Dryden | 1668 - 1689 | ||
| Thomas Shadwell | 1689 - 1692 | ||
| Nahum Tate | 1692 - 1715 | ||
| Nicholas Rowe | 1715 - 1718 | ||
| Lawrence Eusden | 1718 - 1730 | ||
| Colley Cibber | 1730 - 1757 | ||
| William Whitehead | 1757 - 1785 | ||
| Thomas Warton | 1785 - 1790 | ||
| Henry Pye | 1790 - 1813 | ||
| Robert Southey | 1813 - 1843 | ||
| William Wordsworth | 1843 - 1850 | ||
| Alfred Lord Tennyson | 1850 - 1892 | ||
| Alfred Austin | 1896 - 1913 | ||
| Robert Bridges | 1913 - 1930 | ||
| John Masefield | 1930 - 1967 | ||
| Cecil Day Lewis | 1968 - 1972 | ||
| John Betjeman | 1972 - 1984 | ||
| Ted Hughes | 1984 - 1998 | ||
| Andrew Motion | 1999 - date | ||
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