[Fwd: Re: Ada Babbage?]

From: Thom Quinn (swo@execpc.com)
Date: Fri Mar 14 1997 - 09:50:41 MST


Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron, she was never Ada Babbage.
She wrote letters to C. Babbage, but they never were lovers or married.


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Anton Sherwood wrote:
>
> I don't think Babbage ever married. Ada married the 8th baron King,
> later created Earl of Lovelace. (No doubt his neighbors were relieved
> not to have to call him Lord King anymore.)
>

I had thought that Ada's last name was Byron, and was related to Lord
Byron, either by marriage or sibling...

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