, 1880-06-06
LORD BYRON'S DAUGHTER,
A Genius In the Exact Sclcnces-Mng-
niflcent in Looks-A Reckless Stock.
Gambler, and Died a Bankrupt.

IA "CAAuo AA kAC AAAAaNA StASHEEA-H4A99e
nidcent in Looks-A Reckless Stock
Gambler, and Died a Bankrupt.
Nesp York Hon.e Journal
Few persons probably have ever read the CON-
menctng and concluding stanzus Of the third
canto of Chiide Harold " without deep inter-
est in the "Ada - he touchingly apostrophizes.
Tho story OF her life, intimately enough known
in those rcpertor1es OF unwritten biographies Of
the artstocracy,-the Pail Mall C1ub,-has not
often been told abroad.
It will be remembered that the first and only
born of that unhappy marriage Of Lord Byron
to Miss Milbanko was just weeks old when the
mother and wife, for reasons noyer satisfactor-
lily explained, returned to her fathers house.
Here tho infant grew into grlhood under the
care Of her mother, and here, after Lady Byron's $
accession to her property, were the foundations
Of Augusta Adas education laid.
1nheritlns uncommon genius, though, rs We
shall presently explain, wholly diverse from her
touder care and edueat ed by the most thorough
her mind. She Is described b. person who fro
Quently saw her, when at the age OF 20 years she
wus living With her mother ut Clifton Springs, us
OF the most queenly presence and graceful car:
riaEe, her mpic1ion fresh, her features of per-
feet contour. her eyes lnrge and brilliant, her
head set upon her shoulders like her fathers,
her hair chestnut, abundant end wnvy, and her
person slightly cmbonpoint, hut perfect in pro-
portions. TO these charms there wero added a
voice Of great sweetness, and u vivacity in con-
versation that held in thraft all who approached
Her tastes, however, were for pure mathe-
maucs. Whether owing to her education-for
she read no poetry, and never saw. u work OF
dncc from her mother, her understanding Of tho
exact sciences was c1cclled by no woman Of her
time, except Mrs. Somervillc> and, indeed, by
nary nttninmcnts in this respect, It is mentioned
py. the late charles babhagc, In his "Pnssnges
from the Life Of q philosopheE,' that she in
md F,trH
mcnt "Mcnabrea's Memoir of the Analytical
Engine" from tho "Blbliothcque Universelle,"
He proposed that she should add notes of her
own. This she did, extending them to three
times tho length Of the original memoir. bab-
bagc says that to all persons capable Of under
standing tho reasoning It furnishes N demon
bic of being executed By machinery" This
translation with the notes may be found in
Vol. X1XL Of the 1Transaotions Of the Royal
Ada Byron was married to the Earl Of Love-
lace In March, 1885. The marriage was not an
unhappy one. her husband, respectable in tai.
cnts and domestic habits, Lord Lieutenant Of
his county and high in social position, suitable
in age. and possessed Of large estates, regarded
admiration. Unwilling that Sic should be known
publicly rs an authoress ne, nevertheless
oftcneF than once gave permission that ccrtajn
Of her articles on various branches Of science,
about which thinking men made inquiry, might
be acknowledged Us hers. Children were born
to them; their tastes we're no more dissmilar
motive OF unusual harmony; aud their home
was often spoken OF By those old enough to re-
member the two, By furnishing happy contrast
to that which her mother had abandoned twenty
years before.
But Lady Lovelace crayed excitement
Neither town life nor country WINS sufficient to
satisfy her inherited desire for constant stim-
ulus. Neither her studies nor her pen, the cace
OF her children, nor the pleasures OF society. her
rank among the arfstocracy, nor the admiration
her beauty and gifts received wherever she ap-
peared, were sufficient, She specnlate,l in tho
funds, bet at horse bought md sold In the
stock market, and finally, during the railway
mania, that, under tho lead Of Hudson, wns sec-
ond only in its universally among the rich and
great TO the South Sen bubble of the early days
of the last century, partook largely in tho vent
ures. AL this could well enough le without tho
knowledge, as it was, Of her husband. Beside
the ample 'spIn money" allowed her ia the mar
tlcr2cnt4 large returns came 10 her from
trust funds held for her In her own right.
But she went too deep. Her risks were un-
fortunate; and. though she might have rccov-
cred from all this, most inopportuucly her at
turncy became a bankrupt, and her operations
were exposed In bis assets before the courts to
the world, Terribly mortified, she appealed to
her husband, Who to save the scandal 1T my
legal process, Cancelled her liabilities by very
pccuniary sacrifice, The shock,
was too great for her excftable nature,
ind it has always been believed by those who
best knew what followed that tho shame she felt
at the exposure WAS tho remote, II not the
pro1tmate, cause OF her death.