In 1936 she was appointed Poet Laureate of Texas, a position she held for three years.

John Betjeman was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.

In 2000, he was appointed Poet Laureate of Maine.

He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1913, the only medical graduate to have held the office.

In 2013, he was appointed Poet Laureate of Kentucky, the first African-American to hold that position.

She was appointed Poet Laureate on 1 May 2009 to take the place of Andrew Motion.

Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 following the death of John Betjeman.

Since 2010, the council's library service has run a competition to appoint Young Poet Laureate for the city.

He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968, in succession to John Masefield.

He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011-2012.