William (King) King-Noel (1805 - 1893)

Born 21 Feb 1805 in Ockham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta Ada (Byron) King — married 8 Jul 1835 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Jane Crawford (Jenkins) King-Noel — married 29 Mar 1865 in Kensington, London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1893 at age 88 in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William King was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

William King was the eldest son of Peter King, 7th Lord King, Baron of Ockham and his wife Lady Hester Fortescue. ^[1] He was born on the 21st of February 1805. ^[1] He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.^[1]

He was married twice, firstly to the Honourable Augusta Ada Noel formerly Byron, daughter of Anne Isabella Noel, the Baroness Wentworth and George Gordon Byron (later Noel), the sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale and noted poet. They were married on 8 July 1835 by special licence at Fordhook, Ada's mother's residence in Ealing and the marriage was entered in the register of St Mary, Ealing, Middlesex, England. ^{[2] [3]}

On the 30th of June 1838 William was created Earl of Lovelace and Viscount Ockham of Ockham in Queen Victoria's Coronation Honours list. The Barony of King of Ockham was merged with these honours. The title of Viscount Ockham became the courtesy title used by the heir of the Earl of Lovelace, and so was immediately bestowed upon his eldest son Byron. ^[2]

William and Ada were parents of:

• Byron Noel (King-Noel from 1860) the 12th Baron Wentworth and Viscount Ockham, died in the lifetime of his father
• Anne Isabella Noel later Blunt
• Ralph Gordon Noel from 1860 King-Noel, and from 1861 King-Milbanke, the Second Earl of Lovelace and also 13th Baron Wentworth.

Ada, Countess Lovelace, died 27 November 1852 in Marylebone.

In 1860, William's mother-in-law, Anne Isabella, the Baroness Wentworth died. Under the terms of inheritance of the lands and property of Thomas Noel the Second Viscount Wentworth, the heirs to this property (William and Ada's children) had to assume the name Noel. William changed his name to King-Noel by Royal Licence dated 29 September 1860. ^[4]

He married secondly, Jane Crawford Jenkins, daughter of John Jenkins and widow of Edward Jenkins, on the 29 March 1865 in Kensington, London, England. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

William and Jane had one son:

• Lionel Fortescue King born 1865, who would become the 3rd Earl of Lovelace

William died on the 29th of December 1893 at the age of 88 in Guildford, Surrey. ^{[1][6] [7]}

Titles

• 8th Lord King, Baron of Ockham, co. Surrey [G.B., 1725] on 4 June 1833. ^[1]
• 1st Earl of Lovelace [U.K.] created on 30 June 1838. ^[1]
• 1st Viscount Ockham of Ockham, co. Surrey [U.K.] created on 30 June 1838.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2416.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland... Cokayne G.E., Second series Volume 8 page 226 Family Search Library accessed 16 July 2023
3. ↑ Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Dro/037/A/01/025
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1623 #1299773 (accessed 16 July 2023)
   Augusta Ada Byron marriage to William, Lord King on 8 July 1835 in register of St Mary, Ealing, Middlesex, England.
4. ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:19 October 1860 Issue:22436 Page:3753 London Gazette online accessed 16 July 2023 Whitehall, September 29, 1860.
   The Queen has been pleased to grant unto
   William King, Earl of Lovelace, Viscount
   Ockham, and Baron King, Lord Lieutenant for
   the county of Surrey, Her Royal licence and
   authority that he may take and use the surname
   of Noel, in addition to and after that of King,
   and also bear the arms of Noel quarterly, in the
   first quarter with those of King; and that such
   surname and arms of Noel may in like manner be
   taken, borne and used by his issue by his late
   wife Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace; such
   arms being first duly exemplified according to the
   laws of arms and recorded in the Harald's Office
   otherwise the said Royal licence and permission
   to be void and of none effect:
   And to command that the said Royal Concession
   and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's
   College of Arms.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D7V-W6Y : 13 December 2014), William King Noel Lovelace Earl of, 1865; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1865, quarter 1, vol. 1A, p. 167, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JL4-FDT : 31 December 2014), William Earl Of Lovelace King-Noel, 1894; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Guildford, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-ST63 : 8 March 2017), William King-Noel, 1893.

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQVS-TG5 : 30 October 2015), Earl Of Lovelace, St James, Middlesex, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNN-J2N : 24 July 2015), William King-Noel, 1871.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King-Noel,_1st_Earl_of_Lovelace