[1] Anna, whose sister Barbara Bodichon was a noted artist and feminist, was responsible for the rebuilding of the villa, initially in a Gothic Revival style.

[4] During World War II the villa was occupied by General Georges Catroux, appointed Governor-General of Algeria by Charles De Gaulle in 1943.

Harold Macmillan, then serving as Minister Resident in the Mediterranean, recorded the Catroux's arrival; "Now a great event has taken place in the social life of Algiers.

[1] In 1980-81, the villa was used by Warren Christopher, the US Deputy Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter, as his headquarters during the negotiation of the Algiers Accords.

The accords, facilitated by the Algerian Government and signed on the last evening of Carter's Presidency on 19 January 1981, brought the end of the Iran hostage crisis.