The Poet Laureate Charles De Lacy until Rolls Royce took over

until Rolls Royce took over

Head and shoulders portrait of Leigh in a shoulder length wig and bands

were each sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude

Duke of York

Exterior view of Snow Hill Railway station in Birmingham after its closure in 1967

The Poet Laureate Charles De Lacy until Rolls Royce took over'The Poet Laureate', 1871. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 1892), English poet. One of the most popular English poets, he succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1850 and held the position until his death. In 1884, Queen Victoria, who was an admirer of Tennyson's work, made him a baron. A print from Vanity Fair, 22 July 1871.