Matthew Decker
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title:
Matthew Decker
text:
Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet of Richmond Green in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English merchant and economist who served as a Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle in Shropshire from 1719 to 1722. He was a governor of the South Sea Company from 1711 to 1712, and a Director of the East India Company from 1713 to 1743. His published works show him as "such a strong supporter of the doctrine of free trade as to rank as one of the most important forerunners of Adam Smith", proposed amongst other m
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British businessman and politician (1679–1749)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Decker
date created:
2005-03-22T15:07:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:12:23Z
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