Research Catalog

Title

Ralph Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace manuscript material : 3 items, 1854-1886.

Author

Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906.

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Additional Authors

• Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
• Scharf, George, 1820-1895.
• Scott, Thomas, active 1853-1886.
• Wade, Nugent.

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

3 items

Summary

• · Autograph marriage certificate, signed "Wentworth" : 30 Dec 1880 : (B'ANA 0657) : printed document (printed and sold by Thomas Scott, 1, Warwick Court, Holborn) filled out in ink; certifying his marriage to Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, performed by Stephen W. Lawley at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. Anne, Westminster, Middlesex. With a list of those present (including Jane C. Lovelace; [Lord] Wharncliffe; George Hamilton; L[ionel] King Noel; W. H. Pollen; Robert Browning; Edward J. Poynter; J[ohn] H[ungerford] Pollen; A. J. Ross, D.D.; Archibald Stuart Wortley); and the signature the parish rector, Nugent Wade. Confer Pforz MS (MISC 0772), a Robert Browning letter, for a reference to the wedding.
• · To Frederick Locker-Lampson, poet : 1 autograph letter signed "Wentworth" : 11 Nov 1886 : (B'ANA 0492) : from Wentworth House, Swan Walk, Chelsea, S.W. (printed stationery) : laid into Pforzhimer copy 2 of Lady Byron's Remarks Occasioned by Mr. Moore's Notices of Lord Byron's Life; presenting the pamphlet to Lampson, explaining that "by some accident" it had never been sent to the Duchess of Northumberland as intended.
• · To George Scharf, artist and gallery director : 1 autograph letter signed "Ralph G. N. King" : 26 Jun [1854] : from 40 Montague Square : begins, "Grandmamma desired me to tell you that she is extremely obliged to you for your letter. As you were so kind as to give the choice of the time for my lessons, perhaps you would give them on Tuesday and Thursday at ¹/₂ past 10 O'clock."

Subjects

• Nobility > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906 > Correspondence
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Family

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Ralph Milbanke, second Earl of Lovelace. The third and youngest child of William King, first Earl of Lovelace, and Ada Byron King, the computer pioneer, he was baptized Ralph Gordon Noel King. In 1861, he adopted the surname Milbanke, as directed by the will of his grandmother, Lady Byron. After the death of his older brother in 1862, he inherited the Wentworth barony; he was known as Lord Wentworth until his father's death in 1893, when he became the second Earl of Lovelace. In 1905 he published his book Astarte, which paints a very negative portrait of his grandfather, Lord Byron, the poet.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

716300214

Author

Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906.

Title

Ralph Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace manuscript material : 3 items, 1854-1886.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Ralph Milbanke, second Earl of Lovelace. The third and youngest child of William King, first Earl of Lovelace, and Ada Byron King, the computer pioneer, he was baptized Ralph Gordon Noel King. In 1861, he adopted the surname Milbanke, as directed by the will of his grandmother, Lady Byron. After the death of his older brother in 1862, he inherited the Wentworth barony; he was known as Lord Wentworth until his father's death in 1893, when he became the second Earl of Lovelace. In 1905 he published his book Astarte, which paints a very negative portrait of his grandfather, Lord Byron, the poet.

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Added Author

Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895. Addressee

Scharf, George, 1820-1895. Addressee

Scott, Thomas, active 1853-1886. Printer

Wade, Nugent. Signer

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS