Leaves Cambridge, owing to the illness of his father, 1831.

Visits the Rhine with Arthur Henry Hallam, 1832.

Publishes Poems by Alfred Tennyson, 1832.

Arthur Henry Hallam dies, 1833.

Removes from Somersby to High Beech in Epping Forest, 1837.

Publishes Poems in two volumes, 1842.

Granted a pension of 200 pounds from the Civil List, 1845.

Publishes The Princess, 1847.

Publishes In Memoriam, 1850.

Appointed Poet Laureate, 1850.

Marries Miss Emily Selwood, 1850.

Tours southern Europe with his wife, 1851.

Hallam Tennyson born, 1852.

Writes Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852.

Takes up his residence at Farringford in the Isle of Wight, 1853.

Lionel Tennyson born, 1854.

Writes The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1855.

The University of Oxford confers on him the degree of D.C.L., 1855.

Publishes Maud and Other Poems, 1855.

Purchases Farringford, 1856.

Publishes Idylls of the King, 1859.

Writes his Welcome to Alexandra, 1863.

Publishes Enoch Arden, 1864; The Holy Grail, 1869.

His mother dies, 1865.

Purchases land at Haslemere, Surrey, 1868, and begins erection of
Aldworth.

Publishes Queen Mary, 1875; the drama successfully performed by Henry
Irving, 1876.

Publishes Harold, 1876.

His drama The Falcon produced, 1869.

Seeks better health by a tour on the Continent with his son Hallam, 1880.

Publishes Ballads and Other Poems, 1880.

His drama The Cup successfully performed, 1881.

His drama The Promise of May proves a failure, 1882.

Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Farringford, 1884.

Publishes Becket, 1884.

His son Lionel dies, 1885.

Publishes Tiresias and Other Poems, 1885.  This volume contains Balin and Balan, thus completing his Idylls of the King.

Publishes Demeter and Other Poems, 1889.

Dies at Aldworth, October 6, 1892, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

The Death of Oenone is published, 1892.

APPRECIATIONS

“Since the days when Dryden held office no Laureate has been appointed so distinctly pre-eminent above all his contemporaries, so truly the king of the poets, as he upon whose brows now rests the Laureate crown.  Dryden’s grandeur was sullied, his muse was venal, and his life was vicious; still in his keeping the office acquired a certain dignity; after his death it declined into the depths of depredation, and each succeeding dullard dimmed its failing lustre.