Ruby M. Ayres(1881-1955)
- Writer
Ruby Mildred Ayres was born 28 January 1883, in London, England, the
daughter of an architect. She married Reginald William Pocock, an
insurance broker, in 1909 (Pocock died in a train accident in the
1940s). Ayres was an English popular novelist (known primarily for her
romantic novels), and also wrote serials for the "Daily Chronicle" and
"Daily Mirror". Her first novel "Richard Chatterton V.C." was published
in 1916. She had also written for motion pictures in the United States
and England, and her play "Silver Wedding," was produced in 1932. Ayres
died 14 November 1955 in Weybridge, England, at the age of 72 years.