William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace
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William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace,, styled The Lord King from 1833 to 1838, was an English nobleman and scientist. He was the husband of Lord Byron's daughter Ada, today remembered as a pioneering computer scientist.
Portrait of Lady Lovelace by British painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1836)
William King-Noel circa 1860
The 1st Earl of Lovelace's Mausoleum in the churchyard of Martin's Church, East Horsley
Ada Lovelace
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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.
Ada Byron, aged four
Ada Byron, aged seven, by Alfred d'Orsay, 1822, Somerville College, Oxford
Ada Byron, aged seventeen, 1832
Watercolour portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, c. 1840, possibly by Alfred Edward Chalon