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Could we please stick to seeing if anyone can find a Marriage between William John Scott (or JWS) and Eva Louise Chapman circa 1925

I don't think there was one to find.

Unfortunately I think you are right.
I had hoped that we might have unearthed something on William John Scott but thanks
for trying anyway

That really interesting and useful. It looks to have been a very small Home
I am intrigued why in 1925 someone would have a child in Hackney when they were reportedly living in St Pancras. Although not a vast distance, still a fair way away

Have you got Eva's birthplace and birthdate? Where have you found her in 1911 and 1939?

You could well be correct re Red Herring
For your information - although family folklore says that William John Scott (or JWS)
was a Scot from Aberdeen
I found him in Belfast for certain from 1929-1931

One thought - In the 1911 census in the same house in Petersfield, Hampshire was a 'Visitor'
who was in the Army. I wonder if WJS could also have been a similar 'Visitor' in later years?

For reference

In other cases, a child born in 1925/1926 before the Adoption Act could have been adopted after 1927 but before the age of 21 by the man who the mother subsequently married.

Yes you have the correct '2nd' husband and address

Eva Louise Dyer Chapman was born on 2nd January 1904 in Alton Hampshire
She was a twin