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Poets Laureate
| Date | Poet Laureate |
|---|---|
| 1670 | John Dryden |
| 1692 | Nahum Tate |
| 1715 | Nicholas Rowe |
| 1718 | Laurence Eusden |
| 1730 | Colley Cibber |
| 1757 | William Whitehead |
| 1785 | Thomas Warton |
| 1790 | Henry James Pye |
| 1813 | Robert Southey |
| 1843 | William Wordsworth |
| 1850 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| 1896 | Alfred Austin |
| 1913 | Robert Bridges |
| 1930 | John Masefield |
| 1967 | Cecil Day-Lewis |
| 1972 | Sir John Betjeman |
| 1984 | Ted Hughes |
| 1999 | Andrew Motion |
| 2009 | Carol Ann Duffy |
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