Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer

British politician
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IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth21 July 1695
Death19 October 1768 (aged 73 years)
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Biography

Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (21 July 1695 – 19 October 1768) was an English Member of Parliament, who was created Baron Archer in 1747. His arms are blazoned: Azure three arrows or.
He was the son and heir of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood. He married Catherine Tipping, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet.
He served as Member of Parliament of Warwick from 1735 to 1741 and then for the rotten borough of Bramber in Sussex from 1741 until 1747, when he was raised to the peerage. He was also Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire from 1750 to 1753.
He was succeeded by his son Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer, on whose death in 1778 the title became extinct.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Archer of Umberslade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir Simon Archer of Umberslade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margaret Raleigh or Rawley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colonel Thomas Archer of Umberslade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Ferrers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dorothy Puckering
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Archer of Umberslade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Leigh of London
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Leigh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samuel Dashwood of Rowdon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Francis Dashwood of Vellow Wood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Sweeting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir Samuel Dashwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alice Sleigh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Dashwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Smith of Tedworth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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