Nottinghamshire science heroine Ada Lovelace is one of nine creative figures from British history to appear on the new UK passport design.
A picture of Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, appears on one of the pages next to mathematician Charles Babbage, who drew up the first-ever plans for a computer, known as the analytical engine.
A new passport is launched every five years and the theme for the latest version is ‘Creative United Kingdom’.
Also featured are William Shakespeare and architect Elisabeth Scott.
Mark Thomson, director general of the passport office, said: “It celebrates the creativity of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the past 500 years to the present day.
“Not only are we constantly striving to stay one step ahead of those who seek to undermine the passport, but we have created a document that marks just some of the greatest creative achievements in the UK.”
Ada was a mathematician and writer who wrote notes on Babbage’s engine, including an algorithm designed to be carried out by the machine which is now widely considered the first-ever piece of computer programming.
She was the only legitimate child of Byron, who lived at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire between 1808 and 1814.
Ada was only eight when her father died in 1824, and was raised by her mother Anne Isabella Milbanke.
She died in 1852 aged 36, and is buried alongside her father at Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall.
The new design will be rolled out from next month.
