Andrew Motion

Sir Andrew Motion FRSL
Motion reading poetry in 2009
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
In office 1 May 1999 – 1 May 2009
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Ted Hughes
Succeeded by	Carol Ann Duffy
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 72) London, England
Spouses	Joanna Powell (div. 1983) Jan Dalley ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2009)​ Kyeong-Soo Kim ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3
Education	Radley College
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
Occupation	Poet

Sir Andrew Motion FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.