Birth Name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Place of Birth: Blackheath, London, England, UK
Date of Birth: 18 July 1950
Ethnicity: English, 1/64th German, distant Irish
Sir Richard Branson is an British billionaire. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group.
He has English, 1/64th German, and distant Irish ancestry. His great-great-great-great-grandfather, Gustav Flindt, was German. Some of his ancestors, who were Anglo, were born in Madras, India.
Richard’s paternal grandparents were George Arthur Harwin Branson (the son of James Henry Arthur Branson and Mary Ann Brown) and Mona Joyce Bailey (the daughter of George James Bailey and Edith Emma Headley).
Richard’s maternal grandparents were Rupert Ernest Huntley Flindt (the son of Sydney Henry Flindt and Louisa Maria Cornwall) and Dorothy Constance Jenkins.
Source: Genealogy of Richard Branson – http://www.wargs.com
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