Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) Necker Island is a island in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda. The island's land is entirely owned by Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, and is part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of luxury properties. The whole island operates as a resort and can accommodate up to 34 guests, with additional room for six children. Necker Island is located at latitude 18.55 north and longitude 64.35 west in the eastern section of the British Virgin Islands. It is about north of Virgin Gorda and north-east of Prickly Pear
Albertine Necker de Saussure the Coppet to a new generation of Genevese aristocrats, including Adolphe Pictet. The portrait of Albertine sitting next to her knitting basket is considered a most appropriate symbol of a late Enlightenment Genevoise. Albertine Necker de Saussure is one of 999 notable women whose names are inscribed on the Heritage Floor in Judy Chicago's installation piece "The Dinner Party" at the Brooklyn Museum, New York"." She married Jacques Necker (1757-1825), Professor of Botany at the University of Geneva. Their son was the crystallographer and geologist Louis Albert Necker de Saussure HFRSE FGS (1786-1861). Albertine Necker de Saussure Albertine Adrienne Necker