Question: when was tennyson awarded the title of poet laureate
Answer: The Right Honourable The Lord Tennyson FRS Alfred Tennyson , 1st Baron Tennyson , by George Frederic Watts ( 1817 - 1904 ) 6 August 1809 Somersby , Lincolnshire , England 6 October 1892 ( 1892 - 10 - 06 ) ( aged 83 ) Lurgashall , Sussex , England Resting place Westminster Abbey Occupation Poet Laureate ( 1850 - 1892 ) Alma mater Trinity College , Cambridge ( no degree ) Literary movement Victorian Spouse Emily Sellwood ( m .