Charles Decimus Barraud (9 May 1822 – 26 December 1897) was a New Zealand pharmacist and artist.

The tenth recorded child of William Francis Barraud and his wife, Sophia Hull, Charles was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England on 9 May 1822.

At the same time he soon gained recognition as an artist, at this point regarded as an "enthusiastic amateur", and working mostly in watercolours.

[1] He painted the children of Henry William Petre in 1850, but the visiting Charlotte Godley, who wanted a portrait of her son Arthur, was scathing of his talent:[2] There is a chemist here who has lately turned artist, and who has perpetrated a few likenesses, very like, but very bad...

[3] The marriage produced six recorded sons and three daughters, including Jessie Sarah Wright.