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pburland
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Hi does anyone ever remember hearing or seeing the name Scott-Riddle. His first names were Clifton Peter. I'd daerly love to find this person or his descendants please.
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pburland
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Shera, Ivy Lee was my Grandmother and she married this man in March 1939. They went to London and then he sent her back to Birmingham saying he had to go away on business. She didn't hear from him so went back to London where he had disappeared leaving the rent owing. Later that summer 2 detectives from Scotland Yard visited her saying he was already married so was a bigamist. I think everything on the marriage cert was false but this Scott-Riddle was/is my biological grandfather as my Dad was born in December 1939. If you can track down any further info I'd be grateful. I seem to have hit a brick wall. Neither my Dad nor my Grandmother are alive now so I can't ask them.
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Rachel
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Rachel
Lloyd
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Having read this, and your last similar appeal for help finding the truth about this man, and the entries on https://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-39156.html, I can only assume that 1) if the case went to court the man pleaded guilty, so Ivy Lee was not called as witness, 2) he was charged under his real name (which you don't know).
It is likely that any information Ivy Lee was given on the man, the case or the outcome has been lost or destroyed (possibly in embarrassment or disgust at the man).
Searching the online archives only reveals basic names of documents, not their contents. Other than visiting or directly asking staff at National Archives, Kew to search for you, I don't know how you can further this search. The case might have been heard in Birmingham, or not: I don't know what records the Birmingham courts have, or whether they are publicly accessible. The only male bigamy case refered to in the National Archives index in the approximate date period is case CRIM 1/1174 from April 1940, Defendant: HAKNEY, Cyril John Anthony. Charge: Bigamy. I think it's too much to hope that the answer can be found that easily, but IF the case was held, UNLESS the records were destroyed in the war, there may well be a document somewhere with the information you want on it. I expect many stones will want upturning before you find the truth, but good luck in your search - sorry I can't be of more help.
It is likely that any information Ivy Lee was given on the man, the case or the outcome has been lost or destroyed (possibly in embarrassment or disgust at the man).
Searching the online archives only reveals basic names of documents, not their contents. Other than visiting or directly asking staff at National Archives, Kew to search for you, I don't know how you can further this search. The case might have been heard in Birmingham, or not: I don't know what records the Birmingham courts have, or whether they are publicly accessible. The only male bigamy case refered to in the National Archives index in the approximate date period is case CRIM 1/1174 from April 1940, Defendant: HAKNEY, Cyril John Anthony. Charge: Bigamy. I think it's too much to hope that the answer can be found that easily, but IF the case was held, UNLESS the records were destroyed in the war, there may well be a document somewhere with the information you want on it. I expect many stones will want upturning before you find the truth, but good luck in your search - sorry I can't be of more help.