Felipe Martin de Villamil ou Martin Villamil ("Gonzalez de la Galea y Villamil" or "Villamil Joly") (1783-1843) was a trader in the Caribeans and in Europe.

In the Caribeans

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In 1809, he married the daughter of the lieutenant of the king of Spain in Panama (1). Around 1812, he was one of the cofounder of the trade consulate in Carthagena.

Later, he lived in Jamaica, wher he owned sugar cane plantations.

In Europe

After that, Martin de Villamil and his family went to Europe : London, Paris, Italy (Bologna, Firenze). In 1820-1822, he welcomed in his villa of Sèvres, near Paris, the great irish poet Thomas Moore (1779-1853). Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer. ...

En 1830, Martin Villamil meet in Paris the général Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840), héros of the indépendance of Great-Colombia. Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840), was a Colombian Revolutionist. ...

In Bologna, he may have been a british consul. In Firenze, Madame Martin de Villamil, was a friend of Jérôme Bonaparte (brother of Napoléon Bonaparte), former king of Westphalia, who give her the guard of his daughter, la princesse Mathilde, and of his house. Jérôme Bonaparte Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (November 15, 1784 - June 24, 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him King of Westphalia (1807-1813). ... Bonaparte as general Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français...

Martin de Villamil died in Paris in 1843.

Sources

• Book : El general José de Villamil y la Independencia de Hispanoamerica, de Benjamin Rosales Valenzuela, Guayaquil, 11/2004.

• (1) about Martin de Villamil in Panama : El caso de Joaquin y Manuel Julian de Mier, by Joaquin Viloria de La Hoz, publications of the Banco de la Republica, in Cartagena, Colombia, 11/2000 : www.banrep.gov.co/docum/Pdf-econom-region/Cuadernos/CHEE07-Demier.pdf et ([www.banrep.gov.co/docum/Pdf-econom-region/Cuadernos/CHEE07-Demier.pdf]) et http://bdigital.binal.ac.pa/bdp/independencia2.pdf page 2 note 46 et ([1]).
• (2) about the creation of the consulate of Carthagena : http://bdigital.binal.ac.pa/bdp/independencia2.pdf, cuadro 8 page 29 ([2]) et aussi independancia4, page 33 ([3]).
• (3) about Martin de Villamil and Thomas Moore : life of Thomas Moore by William Rossetti. See : http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/intro_rossetti.html and [1]
• (4) about the meeting with Santander (21 may 1830) : Diaro del viaje en Europa de F.P. Santander, on the site of the Banco de la Republica of Colombia : http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/historia/diagene/diagen3.doc and [2].