FTP, name this author who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1638, and who was the godson of a man whom he claimed was really his father, William Shakespeare.
He was appointed to a notable position in the year he published Madagascar, and Other Poems.  His early works include The Cruel Brother and The Tragedy of Albovine, but it was after the success of his The Temple of Love that he took charge of masques for the court.  He was appointed governor of Maryland in 1649, but was captured on the voyage to America and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he got some writing done.  That writing included the epic poem Gondibert, though after he was released thanks to the intervention of John Milton he returned to his first love, the theater.  In 1656, a play was produced in England for the first time in 14 years when his The Siege of Rhodes was performed.  FTP, name this author who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1638, and who was the godson of a man whom he claimed was really his father, William Shakespeare.
He was appointed to a notable position in the year he published Madagascar, and Other Poems.  
Sir William D'Avenant