poet laureates

POET LAUREATES

John Dryden 1668-1689

Thomas Shadwell 1689-1692

Nahum Tate 1692-1715

Nicholas Rowe 1715-1718

Laurence Eusden 1718-1730

Colley Cibber 1730-1757

William Whitehead 1757-1785

Thomas Warton 1785-1790

Henry James 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

C. Day Lewis 1968-1972

Sir John Betjeman 1972-1984

Ted Hughes 1984-1998

Andrew Motion 1999- 2009

Carol  Ann Duffy 2009- until now.

Dryden is the only poet laureate to be removed from that post.

Originally, the post was for the life time.

From 1999 onwards, the post is for a period of 10years

Carol Ann Duffy is the only female in the history.