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Decker

Sir Matthew Decker, 1st (and only) Baronet,
of Richmond, Surrey.
See wikipedia.
He was a wealthy Dutch merchant.
Settled in London in 1700.
He was a director of the South Sea Company and the Royal African Company, both heavily involved in the slave trade.
He mar Henrietta Watkins.
He lived in a grand house in Richmond Green, Richmond. Also a town house in St James's Square.
He had an art collection. Many of the Dutch paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum probably come from his collection.
He died 1749. He was bur Richmond.
Henrietta died 1759. She was bur Richmond.
Sir Matthew and Henrietta had issue:

1. Catherine Decker, born 1711.
   She mar 3 May 1744 to Richard Fitzwilliam, 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam and had issue.

Sir Matthew Decker, Bart.
Portrait by Theodorus Netscher, early 1700s.
Used here with the kind permission of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Lady Henrietta Decker, wife of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart.
Portrait c.1715.
Used here with the kind permission of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.