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478: 77: 61: 33: 375: 440: 609:"In the vault beneath were interred the remains of Sir Matthew Decker Bart. on the 25th of March 1749 and of his relict Lady Decker on the 12th of May 1759. Also of Catherine their daughter and wife of Richard 6th Viscount FitzWilliam of Mount Merrion in the County of Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland. She died on the 8th of March 1786. The remains of Richard Viscount FitzWilliam son of the above-named Richard and Catherine were also interred here. He died on the 4th of February 1816 in the 71st year of his age and by his will founded and endowed the museum at Cambridge that bears his name" 416:
West-Indies: I measured one near seven inches long in pure fruit, and near thirteen Inches about… I proceed to give an Account of the method now practis'd at Sir Matthew Decker's at Richmond, for the production of this excellent Fruit, which Mr Henry Telende his judicious Gardener has render'd so easy and intelligible, that I hope to see the Ananas flourish for the future in many of our English Gardens, to see the honour of the Artist, and the Satisfaction and Pleasure of those who can afford to eat them
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like this proposal but when I saw the ruin that was spread over our country, when I considered the distresses of the poor people when the nation and the parliament called upon us to support the public credit, I thought it would become no man to vote against it. I would, I declare, part with all my property in the Company, and I think I have as much as any body here: Nay, with all I have, to a bare necessary subsistence, to deliver the Kingdom from the miseries that have befallen it"
449: 295:, in the management of which company he had had no involvement for several years, in December 1720 Decker delivered a "gererous speech" in the Court of Directors of the East India Company in support of Walpole's proposed scheme for restoring public credit, namely of "ingrafting" 9 million South Sea stock into the Bank of England and a similar amount into the East India Company, of which he was then a director. Decker's speech was reported contemporaneously as follows: 134:, proposed amongst other measures, to abolish customs duties and replace them with a tax upon houses, to abolish the duty on tea replacing it with a licence duty on households wishing to consume it, and to repeal import duties and bounties in general. At his house in Richmond, he amassed a large collection of art, including many Dutch paintings, which later formed the core of the collection of the 1024: 45: 362:
The longest, largest, and highest Hedge of Holly I ever saw, is in this garden, with several other Hedges of Ever-Greens, Visto's cut through Woods, Grotto's with Fountains, a fine Canal running up from the River. His Duckery, which is an oval Pond brick'd round, and his pretty Summer-House by it to
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Sir Matthew Decker spoke with a true publick spirit, to the great reproach of such as set their hearts entirely on revenge, to the destruction of the South Sea directors, and seem'd careless in the consideration of the main point, the restoring credit. At first truly, (said Sir Matthew) I did not
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where he established himself as a merchant specialising in linen. He was remarkably successful in his business life, gaining great wealth and honours. By 1710 he had become a major player in Anglo-Dutch commerce and had become the London correspondent for several Dutch banks, most notably Pels of
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drink a Bottle, his Stove-Houses, which are always kept in an equal heat for his Citrons, and other Indian Plants, with Gardeners brought from foreign Countries to manage them, are very curious and entertaining. The house is also very large a-la-modern, and neatly furnished after the Dutch way
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Tis not long since I was Eye-witness to several fruited Pine Apples at Sir Matthew Decker's, at Richmond, about Forty in number; some ripening, and others in a promising condition; the least of which Fruit was above four Inches long, and some were as large as any I have seen brought from the
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Serious considerations on the several high duties which the Nation in general, as well as Trade in particular, labours under, with a proposal for preventing the removal of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the Publick Supplies by one single
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To the perpetual memory of Matthew Decker, Baronet, and Theodore Netscher, Gentleman. This pineapple, deemed worthy of the royal table, grew at Richmond at the cost of the former, and still seems to grow by the art of the latter.
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in Warwickshire (where survives his mural monument) by his wife Elizabeth Hyckes (1638-1709) whose separate mural monument survives in Whichford Church. Henrietta's brother (through whom Sir Matthew met his future wife) was
853:; See also 'John Rose (1619–1677), the Royal Gardener, Presenting a Pineapple to King Charles II (1630–1685)' (after a painting attributed to Henry Dankerts) Thomas Stewart (1766–c.1801) National Trust, Ham House 477: 276:
in Shropshire at a by-election on 17 December 1719. Chandos was a client of his for whom he bought paintings and tapestries in the Netherlands. In 1720 Decker was Assistant of the
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22 Geo. 3. c. 59 "An Act for vesting in the Crown certain hereditaments at Richmond in the county of Surrey belonging to Catherine, Viscountess FitzWilliam...."
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His mansion house and estate stood on the site of today's "Pembroke Villas" 5 pairs of large semi-detached Victorian villas on the north-western side of
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Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the value of the lands in Britain, and on the means to restore both
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in 1729. Also in 1729, he was Deputy Governor of the East India Company again, Governor from 1730 to 1733 and Chairman from 1730 to 1732.
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He was educated in Amsterdam and received his commercial education there under burgomaster Velters. By 1702, aged 23, he had moved to the
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At some time before 1711 he married Henrietta Watkins, one of the 16 children of Rev. Richard Watkins (1627-1709), Rector of
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Decker was the Governor of the East India Company from 1725 to 1726 and was its chairman in 1725. He was selected to be
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and became Deputy Governor of the East India Company, until 1721. He told Chandos in 1721 that he had had enough of
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Decker died on 18 March 1749, without a surviving male heir and the baronetcy became extinct. He was buried at
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as seen impaled by Decker on Chinese porcelain plates now in the British Museum and on the Decker monument at
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Seven sons and nine daughters, per inscription on monument of Elizabeth Hyckes in Whichford Church, see image
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from 1711 to 1712 and subscribed £49,271 for shares. However, after that year his interest turned instead to
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland
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A modern inscription on a tablet of stone superimposed on the base of the monument is as follows:
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as to rank as one of the most important thinkers in the early development of economic science.
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https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/picture-this-16-portrait-of-a-pineapple-fitzwilliam-museum
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Watkins, Henry (c.1666-1727), of Christ Church, Oxford, and Duke Street, Westminster, Mdx.
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His fortune and estates passed to his surviving daughter Catherine, and then to her son
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Daughters of Sir Matthew Decker; 1718 portrait by Jan de Meyer, Fitzwilliam Museum
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Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and ...
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A 1720 painting of Sir Matthew Decker's prize English-ripened pineapple, by
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1720 painting of Sir Matthew Decker's prized English-ripened pineapple, by
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Argent, a demi-buck gules between his forelegs an arrow erected in pale or
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All for Union, Empire and Homeland: The Labours of “Honest John” Drummond
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The History of England: During the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary
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in the Province of Holland, and other his ancestors who were natives of
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in his 1716 confirmation of arms to Sir Matthew stated that Dirck was a
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Possibly a restoration (perhaps placed here by the FitzWilliam Museum?)
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Nevin, Seamus (2013). "Richard Cantillon – The Father of Economics".
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Decker's fame as a writer on trade rests on two tracts. The first,
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Azure, a fess vair between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or
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Azure, a fess vair between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or
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General treatise of husbandry and gardening for the month of July
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see image File:DeckerImpalingWatkins Circa1720 BritishMuseum.xcf
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Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, Howard, Vol.4, 1892, p.289
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dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 Decker, Sir Matthew
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in Shropshire from 1719 to 1722. He was a governor of the
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in the background. 1671 portrait by Jan Andrea Lievens,
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Amsterdam. He was one of the original directors of the
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as to rank as one of the most important forerunners of
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and in 1719 with his help was returned unopposed as a
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John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Bernard Burke (1841).
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in Northamptonshire, and who spent much time in the
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in the background may also be a view of Cornelius's
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Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 155 543:Mary Decker, wife of William Croftes of 627: 422:In 2019 The Fitzwilliam Museum stated: 788: 786: 784: 782: 713: 346:George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 7: 102:in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English 540:, a judge and MP, but had no issue. 332:. The house was first built by Sir 25: 912:Biography by Andrew A. Hanham of 199:, in ye time of Queen Elizabeth)" 1022: 447: 438: 36:Sir Matthew Decker, portrait by 597:base. The tomb was sculpted by 573:(1744), has been attributed to 382:(1661-1728), FitzWilliam Museum 94:(1679 – 18 March 1749) (Dutch: 92:Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet 40:(1661-1728), Fitzwilliam Museum 18:Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet 796:. 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Index

Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet

Theodorus Netscher

John Vanbrugh

Grote Kerk, Haarlem
Fitzwilliam Museum

Church of St Mary Magdalene
Richmond Green
merchant
Member of Parliament
Bishop's Castle
South Sea Company
East India Company
free trade
Adam Smith
Fitzwilliam Museum
pineapple
Amsterdam
Bloemendaal
Haarlem
Grote Kerk, Haarlem
bleaching-grounds
John Vanburgh
Haerlem
Flanders
Cruel Persecution
Duke of Alva

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