• Born: Abt 1838, Caen, Normandy, France
• Married (1): 20 Sep 1861, St. Aloysius's Chapel, Clarendon Square, Middlesex, England ¹
• Married (2): 20 Jul 1871, Poplar St. Mary and St. Joseph, London, England
• Married (3): 17 Oct 1877, St. Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church, Brighton, Sussex, England ²
• Died: 20 Aug 1893, Chateau de St. Job Sous Uccle near Brussels, Belgium ³

  Research Notes:

Elizabeth Mary Di Villa, represented by D. Howell, vs. Felix Manso di Villa, in person.

16 Jul 1868: Mr. David Howell of No 156 Cheapside in the City of London the Solicitor for the Petitioner Elizabeth Mary di Villa filed Petition and Affidavit and issued Citation against the Respondent.

25 Jul 1868: Felix Manso di Villa of 4 Hunter Street Brunswick Square in the County of Middlesex the Respondent entered an appearance in person.

28 Jul 1868: Citation returned executed on Respondent.

5 Nov 1868: The Solicitor for Petitioner filed Affidavit of John James. Statement for Motion and Notice.

10 Nov 1868: The Judge Ordinary having read the Statement filed on behalf of the Petitioner, and heard Counsel thereon on his application and with the consent of Counsel on behalf of the Respondent directed that this Cause be heard before the Court itself....

28 Apr 1869: The Judge ... pronounced that the Petitioner had sufficiently proved the contents of the said Petition, and decreed that the Marriage, had been solemnized on the twentieth day of September, 1861, at Saint Aloysius's Chapel, Clarendon Square, in the District of Pancras in the County of Middlesex between Elizabeth Mary Di Villa then Pater, Spinster, the Petitioner, and Felix Manso Di Villa, Respondent, be dissolved by reason of the said Felix Manso Di Villa having since the celebration of the said marriage been guilty of Adultery coupled with the desertion of the said Elizabeth Mary Di Villa without reasonable excuse for two years and upwards.

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In 1871 Felix Manso de Villa, age 33, born in Caen France, British subject, unmarried*, photographic artist, was with his widowed mother Ellen Manso de Villa, age 58, born in North Mandham Sussex, at 4 Hunter St., St. George, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex. Also there was Ellen's widowed mother Charlotte Tufnell, age 84, born in Chichester Sussex.

* Felix was divorced in 1869.

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"Mr. Felix Manso di Villa, landlord of the Hassocks Hotel, Hassocks, applied for an extension of the time of closing by one hour, on account of a policemen's outing from Brighton.—The application was granted, as was also another, made by the same applicant."

Mid Sussex Times, 14 Jul 1885, p.5

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Residuary legatee of his mother's Will (proved 1891)

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Felix Manso di Villa of 105 Ditchling Rise Brighton gentleman died 20 August 1893 at Chateau de St. Job Sous Uccle near Brussels, Belgium. Probate London 16 September to Elizabth Manso di Villa, widow. Effects £16,424 2s. ³