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A bit of an aside I have been wondering about is what people called her in her own time. Her name was Augusta Ada King, and she was the Countess of Lovelace. Was it common back then to shorten the title into a last name, or is it only something we have been doing in more recent time?

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For the title holder, in this case the Earl of Lovelace, they are often referred to ("styled") simply by the place name. So after William King-Noel was created Earl.of Lovelace he was styled "Lovelace". She would have been styled "Lady Lovelace" in society, and "Countess of Lovelace" in formal contexts

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