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Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer

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Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (21 July 1695 – 19 October 1768) was an English Member of Parliament,[1] who was created Baron Archer in 1747.

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,[2] 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.[3]

Ancestry

Family 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

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Warwick
1735–1741
With: Henry Archer
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bramber
1741–1747
With: Harry Gough
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Sir Roger Mostyn
Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire
1750–1753
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Baron Archer
1747–1768
Succeeded by