List of Poets Laureate of United Kingdom

Name of the Poet Became poet Laureate in

Ben Jonson 1616
William DAvenant 1638
John Dryden 1668
Thomas Shadwell 1689
Nahum Tate 169
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William Whitehead 1#$#
Thomas Warton 1#8$
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"o(ert Southey 1813
William Wordsworth 18,3
Al-red Tennyson 18$)
Al-red Austin 1896
"o(ert Brid.es 1913
John /ase-ield 193)
'e!il Day %ewis 1968
John Bet0eman 19#
Ted *u.hes 198,
Andrew /otion 1999
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