Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham Byron King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth, styled Viscount Ockham (12 May 1836 – 1 September 1862) was a British peer and the eldest of the three legitimate grandchildren of George Gordon, Lord Byron. 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
Lord Byron in popular culture a character refers to Lord Byron’s promiscuity: ‘I think, beneath that English exterior throbs a passion that would make Lord Byron look like a tobacconist.’ Byron appears as an immortal, still living in modern times, in the television show "" in the fifth-season episode "The Modern Prometheus", living as a decadent rock star. Television portrayals include a 2003 BBC drama on Byron's life, an appearance in the 2006 BBC drama, "", and minor appearances in "" (as well as the Shelleys), "Blackadder the Third", episode 60 (Darkling) of "", and was also parodied in the animated sketch series, Monkey Dust.