Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham

Byron King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth, styled Viscount Ockham (12 May 1836 – 1 September 1862) was a British peer, the first son of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace, and the eldest of the three legitimate grandchildren of poet Lord Byron.

Early life Lord Ockham was the eldest son of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. His maternal grandparents were the poet Lord Byron and Annabella Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Navy, although he deserted, worked his passage back to Britain and became a shipyard worker – probably working for the Blyth shipping chandlers (Limehouse).

Death As his mother predeceased her own mother, he inherited the barony of Wentworth from his grandmother,