Andrew Motion Andrew Motion Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 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. Motion was born on 26 October 1952 in London; his mother was Catherine Gillian Bakewell (known as Gillian) and his father Andrew Richard Michael Motion (known as Richard). The family
Eric Lewis (actor) until 1934, including 25 years as the company's principal comedian. Lewis was soon performing in the West End of London at the Royalty Theatre in April 1887 in "Ivy", and in May in a comedy entitled "A Tragedy". In June 1887, Lewis performed in a comedietta by Andrew Longmuir called "Cleverly Managed". In July 1888, he starred in another comedietta, entitled "Caught Out", by Florence Bright at St George's Hall In September of that year, he helped open the relocated New Court Theatre with a play by Sydney Grundy called "Mamma", starring Mrs. John Wood and also featuring Arthur Cecil.