List of Poets Laureate in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Poet Laureate is a distinguished honorary position held by the United Kingdom Monarch on the proposal of the British Prime Minister . The office does not include any special duties, it merely includes the expectation that the incumbent will write significant poetry on national occasions.

There is an annual fee associated with the office which is currently £ 5,760. The Poet Laureate also traditionally receives a barrel with around 477 liters of sherry .

Carol Ann Duffy was the first female, first Scottish and first openly gay poet laureate since May 2009 . Her successor has been Simon Armitage since May 2019 .

The office of Laureate for Children is currently held by Malorie Blackman .

history

Until the Act of Union 1707 , the office was called Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England , then Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of Great Britain . Since 1800, the position has been called the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom .

Traditionally the office was held until the end of life. The only Poet Laureate to be dismissed in 1688 was John Dryden for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the new king, William III. , afford to. Since Andrew Motion was appointed in 1999, the ten-year term has been set.

The office was turned down by Thomas Gray , Walter Scott , Rudyard Kipling , Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney .

middle Ages

With the title versificator regis :

Richard Canonicus , employed by Richard I (from 1189 to 1199)
Gulielmus Peregrinus († around 1207), employed by Richard I.
Master Henry , employed by Henry III.
Andrew Baston
Geoffrey Chaucer (around 1343-1400)
John Kay during the reign of Edward IV (1461–83)

Tudo era

Poet Laureate	Date of birth	Alma mater	Appointed	Famous works	date of death
Bernard André	1450 Toulouse , France		of Henry VII.		1522
John Skelton	~ 1460 probably Diss , Norfolk	University of Cambridge	1513/1514 by Henry VII.	Replycacion Speke, Parrot The Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe	June 21, 1529
Edmund Spenser	~ 1552 London	Pembroke College University of Cambridge	from Elisabeth I.	Epithalamium The Shepheardes Calender The Faerie Queene Amoretti	January 13, 1599

Since 1599

Poet Laureate	Date of birth	Training center	Appointed	Famous works	date of death
Samuel Daniel	1562 near Taunton , Somerset	Magdalen Hall University of Oxford	1599 by Elisabeth I.	Musophilus The Complaint of Rosamond Epistles to Distinguished Persons	October 14, 1619 Beckington , Somerset
Ben Jonson	~ June 11, 1572 Westminster , London	Westminster School	1616 by Jacob I.	Epigrams On My First Son To Penshurst To Celia Underwoods	6 August 1637 Westminster , London
William Davenant (also William D'Avenant )	February, 1606 Oxford	Lincoln College University of Oxford	1638 by Charles I.	A Discourse upon Gondibert, an heroick poem A Panegyric to his Excellency the Lord General Monck Poem, Upon His Sacred Majesties Most Happy Return to His Dominions	London April 7, 1668
John Dryden	19th August 1631 Aldwincle , Northamptonshire	Trinity College University of Cambridge	1668 by Karl II. 1688 by Wilhelm III. and Maria II released	Astraea redux Annus mirabilis Absalom and Achitophel	May 12, 1700 London
Thomas Shadwell	~ 1642 Stanton Hall, Norfolk	Gonville and Caius College University of Cambridge	1689 by Wilhelm III. and Maria II.	Dear Pretty Youth Love in their little veins inspires Nymphs and Shepherds The Sullen Lovers	19th November 1692 Chelsea , London
Nahum Tate	1652 Dublin , Ireland	Trinity College Dublin	1692 by Wilhelm III. and Maria II.	Panacea, a poem on tea	July 30th 1715 Southwark , London
Nicholas Rowe	June 20, 1674 Little Barford , Bedfordshire	Middle Temple	1715 by Georg I.	A Poem upon the Late Glorious Successes of Her Majesty's Arms Poems on Several Occasions Maecenas Ode for the New Year MDCCXVI	London December 6th 1718
Laurence Eusden	6 September 1688 Spofforth , North Yorkshire	Trinity College University of Cambridge	1718 by Georg I.	The Origin Of The Knights Of The Bath	27 September 1730 Coningsby , Lincolnshire
Colley Cibber	London November 6th 1671		1730 by George II.		12 November 1757 London
William Whitehead	Cambridge early February 1715	Clare College University of Cambridge	1757 by George II (after the rejection of Thomas Gray )	On Ridicule The Enthusiast The Je Ne Scai Quoi	April 14, 1785 London
Thomas Warton	January 9, 1728 Basingstoke , Hampshire	Trinity College University of Oxford	1785 by Georg III. (after the rejection of William Mason )	The Triumph of Isis To the River Lodon	Oxford May 21, 1790
Henry James Pye	February 20, 1745 London	Magdalen College University of Oxford	1790 by George III. (after the rejection of William Hayley )	Poems on Various Subjects Alfred	11th August 1813 Pinner Middlesex
Robert Southey	Bristol 12th August 1774	Balliol College University of Oxford	1813 by George III. (after the rejection of Walter Scott )	God's Judgment on a Wicked Bishop The Inchcape Rock After Blenheim Cataract of Lodore	March 21, 1843 Keswick
William Wordsworth	Cockermouth April 7th 1770	St John's College University of Cambridge	1843 from Victoria	I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud The Prelude Tintern Abbey The Lucy poems The World Is Too Much with Us	April 23, 1850 Rydal Mount
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson	6th August 1809 Somersby Lincolnshire	Trinity College University of Cambridge	1850 by Victoria (after being rejected by Samuel Rogers )	The Charge of the Light Brigade Tears, idle tears Crossing the Bar In Memoriam AHH Ulysses Tithonus	Haslemere Surrey October 6, 1892
Alfred Austin	Headingley Leeds May 30, 1835	University of London	1896 by Victoria (after rejection by William Morris )	The Season: a Satire To England	2nd June 1913 Ashford Kent
Robert Bridges	October 23, 1844 Walmer Kent	Corpus Christi College University of Oxford	1913 by Georg V.	Melancholia The Evening Darkens Over The Testament of Beauty	Oxford April 21, 1930
John Masefield	1st June 1878 Ledbury Herefordshire	King's School , Warwick	1930 by Georg V.	The Everlasting Mercy Sea-Fever Reynard The Fox	May 12, 1967 Abingdon Oxfordshire
Cecil Day-Lewis	April 27, 1904 Ballintubbert County Laois , Ireland	Wadham College University of Oxford	1968 by Elisabeth II.	Newsreel	22 May 1972 Hadley Wood Hertfordshire
John Betjeman	28 August 1906 Hampstead London	Magdalen College University of Oxford	1972 by Elisabeth II.	Christmas Slough The Conversion of St Paul	May 19, 1984 Trebetherick , Cornwall
Ted Hughes	17th August 1930 Mytholmroyd , West Yorkshire	Pembroke College , University of Cambridge	1984 by Elizabeth II (after Philip Larkin's rejection )	Crow Moortown Diary Wolfwatching Tales from Ovid Birthday Letters	October 28, 1998 Devon
Andrew Motion	London October 26, 1952	University College , University of Oxford	May 1, 1999 to May 1, 2009 from Elisabeth II.	The Letter
Carol Ann Duffy	Glasgow December 23, 1955	University of Liverpool	May 1, 2009 by Elisabeth II.	The World's Wife
Simon Armitage	Huddersfield May 26, 1963		May 10, 2019 by Elisabeth II.