In 1824, Byron died at the age of thirty-six.Īda was brought up by a mother who became one of the most progressive reformers in Victorian England. During Ada’s first year of life, Byron left England and never saw his daughter again. Byron spoke of his newly born daughter, “Oh! What an implement of torture I have acquired in you!” The marriage between the erratic, abusive and womanizing poet and Annabella was brief and unhappy. If you find 19th century Victorian England interesting or perhaps you are a digital enthusiast with a capacity for the mathematical, either way, you will find this dual biography of Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace surprisingly full of complex characters, not the least of which is Lord Byron.Īnnabella Milbanke and Lord George Gordon Byron married in 1815 and their daughter Ada was born in the same year. The turbulent lives of Lord Byron’s wife and daughter.
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