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A countess is properly addressed as “Lady” and title, not by last name. Her family called her Ada, so she would be introduced as Lady Ada Byron-King, Countess L
by gregjor 6y ago
A countess is properly addressed as “Lady” and title, not by last name. Her family called her Ada, so she would be introduced as Lady Ada Byron-King, Countess Lovelace.
Her father was George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, but he’s usually referred to simply as Byron.
At some point “Ada Lovelace” stuck as the common way to refer to Lady Lovelace. I have never seen her referred to as Augusta Ada Byron-King.
- goatcode 6y ago>I have never seen her referred to as Augusta Ada Byron-King In the sources I've seen, they sometimes leave off the King, but Byron is often there. One of the most popular would have been the Windows 95 certificates of authenticity (she's there, with her name, as a watermark). Here's the clearest one I could find (blurry, but you can make it out mostly): https://files.catbox.moe/aci1d6.png https://files.catbox.moe/aci1d6.png - you can see it if you zoom in just above the "Product ID" text.
- gregjor 6y agoKing is her married name, in case that wasn't obvious. So is the Duchess of Lovelace title. Before she married she was Ada Byron.