Leigh, Elizabeth Medora (Augusta’s daughter with Byron; ‘Mignonne’; ‘Libby’): birth, 53; Byron sends greetings to, 63; Annabella told of paternity, 79, 416; Caroline Lamb on birth of, 111, 123; attends Trevanion-Georgiana wedding, 164; entertains Trevanion, 165; affair and children with Trevanion, 169–71; parentage, 171, 231, 235, 241; destitution in France, 234; Annabella helps, 235–7; meeting with Annabella, 235; appearance and character, 236, 243; lying tales, 236–7, 243; Ada’s reaction to revelation of paternity, 241–2; known in France as ‘Widow Saint Aubin’, 241; Ada meets in Paris, 243; housed in England, 244; as threat to Ada’s claim to be Byron’s only heir, 249; jealousy of Ada, 251; tantrums, 251–2, 255; letter to Annabella disparaging Augusta, 254; returns to France, 255–6; seeks legal redress in Paris, 261, 269–71; Dr King negotiates with in Paris, 270–1; possible insanity, 270; status as unmarried mother, 273; acquires controversial deed of £3000, 275; death and grave, 276n, 339; marriage to Taillefer, 276n; account of Byron’s and mother’s relationship, 359
Leigh, Emily (Augusta’s daughter), 360, 362, 425
Leigh, Colonel George: racegoing, 43–4; absence, 56; claims bequest from relative, 91; wishes Annabella to leave Byron, 118; opposes Trevanion-Georgiana marriage, 163–4; financial extravagance, 164; locks up Libby (Medora), 170; death, 358
Leigh, Georgiana see Trevanion, Georgiana
Leigh, Marie (Medora’s daughter), 234, 244, 271, 275, 276n
Le Mann, Dr Francis, 92, 99, 103–5, 108–9
Leveson-Gower, Lady Charlotte, 56–7
Liddell, Maria, Lady (of Ravensworth Castle), 7
Lind, Jenny, 349
Linton, Eliza Lynn, 454
Lockhart, John Gibson, 136–7
Locock, Sir Charles: treats Ada, 250, 476; baffled by Ada’s condition, 273–4; on Ada’s ’mad eyes’, 275, 288; sceptical of mesmerism, 290; believes Ada curable, 368, 381; attends Royal Society dinner, 374; recognises seriousness of Ada’s illness, 379; predicts Ada’s imminent death, 385; and Ada’s wish to see Babbage, 409
London: Annabella first visits, 15–19, 27–8
Louis Philippe, King of France, 244, 345n
Lovelace, Augusta Ada, Countess of (earlier Byron; Annabella/Byron’s daughter): taught by Frend, 13; birth, 99–100; Annabella denies Augusta access to, 132; made Ward of Chancery, 141; speaks Italian and Spanish, 141, 156; Byron maintains interest in, 142–4, 229; character and manner, 143–4, 150, 152–3, 172, 192; temper as child, 144, 476; upbringing, 145; childhood letter to Lady Noel, 148–9; education, 148–50, 156, 172, 176; relations with mother, 149–50, 178–80, 217, 320; and father’s death, 151–2; adopts cousin George as brother, 152–3; reading and learning, 153; fondness for Miss Montgomery, 156–7; appearance, 157, 186; singing lessons, 157; concern for mother’s health, 158–9; continental travels as child, 158; plans to fly, 158–60; interest in astronomy, 160, 180–1; semi-paralysis, 161–3, 171; suffers from measles, 161; moves to London fringes, 163; activities during illness, 172; learns German, 172; Annabella reads Byron’s poems to, 173; horseriding, 176–7, 179, 197, 229, 245, 355; early sexual experience and attempted elopement, 177–8, 193, 198; defies mother, 178; presented at court, 179; interest in rainbows, 181, 375, 397; studies mathematics, 181–2, 186, 208–9, 218, 224–7, 245; meets Babbage, 182, 186–8, 190–1; meets Mary Somerville, 186; attends scientific lectures, 187; harp-playing, 192, 194, 238–9, 242, 250, 305; instructs Annabella Gosford in mathematics, 193–4; tours England on factory inspections with mothers, 193; passion for music, 194, 218, 238; witnesses discussion between Babbage and Mary Somerville, 194–6, 261; nervous reaction to strain, 196; pleads to continue study under Mary Somerville, 196–7; marriage prospects, 198; Mary Somerville’s regard for, 198; Mary Somerville proposes Lord King as husband for, 199, 202–3; marriage, 204; marriage relations, 206–8, 256, 289, 309–10, 317–18, 319–20, 387; Carpenter portrait, 208, 347, 459; pregnancy, 208; entertains at Ockham Park, 209–10; becomes countess, 210, 215; children, 211–12; capricious and negligent motherhood, 212–13, 216, 283–4, 290–1, 325; cholera, 212; electrical experiments, 212; weight concerns and eating problems, 212, 229; attempts peacemaking with mother-in-law, 213; founds new schools at Ockham, 214; portrait print sold, 215–16; favours son Byron (Ockham), 216, 228, 247, 342–3; acquires telescope, 218, 226; respect for Mary Somerville, 218–19, 226; learns patience from Mary Somerville, 219, 227; Augustus De Morgan coaches, 220, 224–9; secret meeting with Prandi, 222n; impetuousness, 224, 226; humility in learning, 226; essay on scientific faculties and the imagination, 227, 237; offers to assist Babbage, 229–30, 246; fanciful ideas and proposals, 230–1; knows little of Medora, 237; boasts to Woronzow Greig, 238; drifts away from husband, 238; interest in mesmerism, 239, 248–9; on Byron’s incest and Medora’s paternity, 241–2; visits mother in Paris, 242; meets Medora in Paris, 243–4; and Medora’s threat to be recognised as Byron’s sole heir, 245, 249; wild behaviour, 245, 249; plans secret visit to London, 247–8; plans singing career, 249–50; health problems, 250, 257, 261, 273–5, 283, 288–90, 293, 310, 316–17, 318, 364, 372, 475–6; hectic activities, 250; accompanies Miss Boutell to continent, 254n; and Medora’s departure for France, 255–6; offers to arrange marriage for Medora, 255; solipsism, 257, 275; translates and annotates Babbage’s paper on Analytical Engine, 258, 260–8, 271, 275–6, 373; invites Babbage to Ashley Combe, 259–60; foresees world of technology, 264; visits mother in Leicestershire, 268; and Medora’s seeking legal redress in Paris, 269–70; sends enquiries to
