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When did Alfred, Lord Tennyson become poet laureate of Britain?
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lithograph published in The Modern Portrait Gallery, 1890.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson was appointed poet laureate of Britain in 1850. He held the position until his death in 1892.12