Earl of Lovelace
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1838 for William King-Noel, 8th Baron King
William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace
William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace FRS , known as the Hon. William King until 1833 and as the Lord King from 1833 to 1838, was an English nobleman and scientist....
. The King family descends from Jerome King, a grocer, of Exeter
Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
, and his wife Anne, daughter of Peter Locke, nephew of the philosopher John Locke
John Locke
John Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social...
. Their son Sir Peter King
Peter King, 1st Baron King
Peter King, 1st Baron King PC, FRS was an English lawyer and politician, who became lord chancellor of England.-Life:He was born in Exeter in 1669....
was a noted lawyer and politician and served as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1714 to 1725 and as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1725 to 1733. In 1725 he was created Lord King, Baron of Ockham, in the County of Surrey, in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He represented Launceston
Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)
Launceston, also known at some periods as Dunheved, was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and one member from 1832 until 1918...
and Exeter
Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)
Exeter is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. His three younger brothers, Peter, William and Thomas all succeeded in the barony. The latter was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baron.
His son, the seventh Baron, was a Whig politician and writer. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the eighth Baron. In 1838 he was created Viscount Ockham, of Ockham in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Lovelace in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. He later held the honorary post of Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey from 1840 to 1893. In 1835, Lord Lovelace married as his first wife the Hon. Augusta Ada Byron
Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace , born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine...
, the only daughter of the famous poet, 6th Baron Byron, and his wife, 11th Baroness Wentworth
Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron
Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron was the wife of the poet Lord Byron, and mother of Ada Lovelace, the patron and co-worker of mathematician Charles Babbage.-Name:Her names were unusually complex...
. In 1860, he assumed for himself by Royal license the additional surname and arms of Noel. His eldest son Byron Noel, Viscount Ockham
Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham
Byron King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth, styled Viscount Ockham was a British peer.Lord Ockham was the eldest son of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada...
, succeeded his maternal grandmother as twelfth Baron Wentworth in 1860. However, he predeceased his father, unmarried.
Lord Lovelace was therefore succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Earl. He had already succeeded as thirteenth Baron Wentworth on the death of his elder brother in 1862. In 1861, Lord Lovelace assumed by Royal license the surname of Milbanke in lieu of Noel. He had no sons and was succeeded in the barony of Wentworth by his only child, Ada King-Milbanke, 14th Baroness Wentworth
Ada King-Milbanke, 14th Baroness Wentworth
Ada Mary King-Milbanke, 14th Baroness Wentworth was a British peeress.King-Milbanke was the only child of Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Fanny. After her parents' separation shortly after her birth, she was raised by her aunt, Lady Anne Blunt. On the death of her father in...
(she was succeeded by her aunt Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, daughter of the first Earl; see the Baron Wentworth
Baron Wentworth
Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also de jure sixth Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation. The title was created by writ, which means that it descends according to the male-preference cognatic...
for later history of this title). Lord Lovelace was succeeded in his other titles by his half-brother, the third Earl. He served in the First World War as a Major in the Northumberland Fusiliers and as a Staff-Captain. In 1895, Lord Lovelace received for himself only Royal license to use the additional surname and arms of Noel, but resumed by Royal license, in 1908, the surname and arms of King only for himself and his children. the titles are held by his grandson, the fifth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1964.
The Hon. Peter King, second son of the seventh Baron, was a politician.
The former family seat was Ockham Park in Surrey, England. The fine Jacobean house was seriously damaged in a fire in 1948.
The present Earl lives at Torridon House, near Torridon
Torridon
Torridon is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torridon. It lies on the shore of Loch Torridon.Torridon is on the west coast of Scotland, ...
in Ross-shire
Ross-shire
Ross-shire is an area in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. The name is now used as a geographic or cultural term, equivalent to Ross. Until 1889 the term denoted a county of Scotland, also known as the County of Ross...
.
Barons King (1725)
- Peter King, 1st Baron KingPeter King, 1st Baron KingPeter King, 1st Baron King PC, FRS was an English lawyer and politician, who became lord chancellor of England.-Life:He was born in Exeter in 1669....
(1669–1734) - John King, 2nd Baron KingJohn King, 2nd Baron KingJohn King, 2nd Baron King, FRS was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1727 to 1734 and for Exeter from 1734 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1735....
(1706–1740) - Peter King, 3rd Baron King (1709–1754)
- William King, 4th Baron King (1711–1767)
- Thomas King, 5th Baron King (1712–1779)
- Peter King, 6th Baron King (1736–1793)
- Peter King, 7th Baron King (1776–1833)
- William King, 8th Baron KingWilliam King-Noel, 1st Earl of LovelaceWilliam King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace FRS , known as the Hon. William King until 1833 and as the Lord King from 1833 to 1838, was an English nobleman and scientist....
(1805–1893) (created Earl of Lovelace in 1838)
Earls of Lovelace (1838)
- William King-Noel, 1st Earl of LovelaceWilliam King-Noel, 1st Earl of LovelaceWilliam King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace FRS , known as the Hon. William King until 1833 and as the Lord King from 1833 to 1838, was an English nobleman and scientist....
(1805–1893)- Byron King-Noel, Viscount OckhamByron King-Noel, Viscount OckhamByron King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth, styled Viscount Ockham was a British peer.Lord Ockham was the eldest son of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada...
(1836–1862)
- Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham
- Ralph Gordon Noel King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of LovelaceRalph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of LovelaceRalph Gordon King Noel Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace was the third son of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the poet Lord Byron and widely credited as the world's first computer programmer. He was born on 2 July 1839, and lived at...
(1839–1906) - Lionel Fortescue King, 3rd Earl of Lovelace (1865–1929)
- Peter Malcolm King, 4th Earl of Lovelace (1905–1964)
- Peter Axel William Locke King, 5th Earl of LovelacePeter King, 5th Earl of LovelacePeter Axel William Locke King, 5th Earl of Lovelace , styled Viscount Ockham before 1964, succeeded his father, the 4th Earl....
(b. 1951)
There is no heir to the Earldom of Lovelace