Laurence Eusden
Laurence Eusden (1688 – September 27, 1730), was an English poet.
He was born in Spofforth in North Yorkshire and studied at Cambridge University. He was ordained a cleric in the 1720s and served as rector of Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1718 after writing a poem commemorating the wedding of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, also Lord Chamberlain. Little-read today, he is one of several poets called "dull" in Alexander Pope's satire The Dunciad.
| Preceded by: Nicholas Rowe | British Poet Laureate 1718–1730 | Succeeded by: Colley Cibber |
Categories: 1688 births | 1730 deaths | British Poets Laureate | English poets