William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace

The Right Honourable The Earl of Lovelace FRS
Born	Hon. William King (1805-02-21)21 February 1805
Died	29 December 1893(1893-12-29) (aged 88)
Spouses	Ada Byron ​ ​ (m. 1835; died 1852)​ Jane Jenkins ​ (m. 1865)​
Children	Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace Lionel King, 3rd Earl of Lovelace
Parents	Peter King, 7th Baron King (father) Lady Hester Fortescue (mother)

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William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace, FRS (21 February 1805 – 29 December 1893), 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.