Ada Lovelace's eldest son was named Byron. He was born in 1836, the first child of Ada and William King, later the Earl of Lovelace.
His name honored Ada's father, the Romantic poet Lord Byron, who died when Ada was eight. Ada herself was born Augusta Ada Byron, so the name connected her son to the Byron family line as well as to one of Britain’s most famous poets.
Byron later became known as Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham, and inherited the barony of Wentworth from his maternal grandmother in 1860. He served briefly in the Royal Navy before leaving it and working in a shipyard.
A common mix-up is to confuse Byron with Ralph, Ada’s younger son, or with William, her husband. Ada and William had three children: Byron, Anne Isabella, and Ralph. Byron died unmarried and childless in 1862, aged 26, after which his brother Ralph inherited the family titles.