Necker

American

[nek-er, ne-ker] / ˈnɛk ər, nɛˈkɛr /

noun

Jacques 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.

Necker British

/ nɛkɛr, ˈnɛkə /

noun

Jacques (ʒak). 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, born in Switzerland; finance minister of France (1777–81; 1788–90). He attempted to reform the fiscal system and in 1789 he recommended summoning the States General. His subsequent dismissal was one of the causes of the storming of the Bastille (1789)

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British billionaire Richard Branson wrote to Epstein in September 2013, after hosting him on Necker Island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

And in case the bugs start biting, the Necker Island team notes that insect repellent is included.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

They married 13 years later, on the private Necker Island in the Caribbean, which Branson had bought in the late 1970s for $180,000 and where they have lived for decades.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Vaughn Necker struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

On the 12th of July Camille Desmoulins announced the dismissal of Necker to the crowd in the Palais Royal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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