Richard Branson and other sea life in captivity for entertainment purposes. In November 2017, singer Antonia Jenae, a backing singer for Joss Stone, claimed Branson sexually assaulted her at Necker Island. A spokesperson for Branson confirmed to "The Sun" newspaper that members of the band had been invited for a party on the island in 2010, but that he and friends and family in attendance had "no recollection" of the events. Branson later apologised. In November 2010, Branson secured a sponsorship deal from controversial company QNet for his Virgin Racing which is owned by QI Group head by Vijay Eswaran, who is
Richard Burn (Indologist) Richard Burn (Indologist) Sir Richard Burn, CSI (1 February 1871 – 26 July 1947), was a civil servant in British India, historian of India and numismatist. He was the editor of Volume IV of "The Cambridge History of India" and contributed four chapters to Volume VI of that work on the Indian political situation after 1900. Burn was born in Liverpool, educated at the Liverpool Institute, then at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. Burn entered the Indian Civil Service in 1891. He became Under-Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces in 1897, Superintendent of the Census 1900, and