Though she was not named in the suit, VH
was stunned and humiliated when she saw in a news headline that a court had ordered her lover, Ford Madox Ford
, to return to his...
Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Hunt
Relying on false information given by Ford
, the Daily Mirror published a piece on his marriage to VH
; similar statements in The Sphere and The Sketch prompted controversy. Ford's legal wife
planned to...
Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Hunt
The libel trial of The Throne magazine began; the ultimately successful suit had been brought by Elsie Ford
, who objected to a review which wrongly referred to VH
as the wife of Elsie's husband,...
Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Hunt
VH
wrote in her diary on 16 August 1909 that Ford had promised to marry her. Soon after this he made an attempt to divorce his wife
—without naming Hunt in the case.
Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990.
153, 157
Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Hunt
A number of Hunt's and Ford's associates testified that the couple appeared frequently in public as man and wife, and that others believed them to be married. No documentation was produced, however, of Ford
's...
Travel
Violet Hunt
VH
and Ford Madox Ford
began a tour of Germany, where he planned to obtain citizenship, in order to divorce his wife
and marry Hunt without the restrictions imposed by the English legal system.
Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990.