Charles Henry Ross

Charles Henry Ross (1835 – 12 October 1897) was an English writer and cartoonist.

Ross created the fictional character Ally Sloper for the British magazine Judy in 1867,[1] the popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884.

[3] He contributed a series of engravings, entitled "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life.

In a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season (1868) of Beeton's Christmas Annual.

[4] Ross was the author of six novels in genres ranging from Gothic penny dreadfuls to light romances.