Alfonso P. Villa

[7] Villa later became a partner in the investment banking firm of Grayson M. P. Murphy & Co. (who had been senior vice president of Guaranty Trust).

[8] In 1910, Villa was decorated as a Chevalier of the Crown of Italy by the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III.

"[10] On January 20, 1915, Villa was married to Helen Rae Lippincott (1889–1956) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

In 1924, they entertained their friend, Prince Gelasio Caetani, the retiring Italian Ambassador to the United States, at their home.

[11] Their neighbors included Louis C. Tiffany, Oliver Gould Jennings, W. Bayard Cutting and Lewis Cass Ledyard.

[8] After spending a number of years in Southampton, New York where they had a house,[11] in April 1930,[30] the Villas acquired Fairholme in Newport, Rhode Island, the former residence of John R. Drexels with 425 feet ocean of frontage situated on Ruggles Avenue at Ochre Point, just south of the Vanderbilt's property, The Breakers.