Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer

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. His arms are blazoned: Azure three arrows or.^[2]

Biography

Umberslade Hall

He was the eldest son and heir of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood. His younger brother was Henry Archer. Thomas succeeded his father to Umberslade in 1741.

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,^[3] when he was raised to the peerage. He was also Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire from 1750 to 1753.

In 1734 he became a trustee, together with his younger brother, for the newly formed colony of Georgia on the east coast of America.^[4]

He married Catherine Tipping, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet and Anne Cheke, and had a son and daughters. He was succeeded by his son Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer, on whose death in 1778 the title became extinct.^[5] His daughter Catherine married Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth.

Portrait of the Hon. Catherine Windsor (née Archer), Countess of Plymouth

See also

• Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
• Umberslade Obelisk

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

References

1. History of Parliament
2. Landed Families of Britain and Ireland: Archer of Umberslade and Hale, Barons Archer, Retrieved 28 November 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
4. Stevens, William. A History of Georgia: From Its First Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Present Constitution, Volume 1. p. 469.
5. History of Parliament

External links

• thePeerage.com: Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir William Keyt William Bromley	Member of Parliament for Warwick 1735–1741 With: Henry Archer	Succeeded by Henry Archer Wills Hill
Preceded by Sir Harry Gough Harry Gough	Member of Parliament for Bramber 1741–1747 With: Harry Gough	Succeeded by Harry Gough Joseph Damer
Honorary titles
Vacant Title last held by Sir Roger Mostyn	Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire 1750–1753	Succeeded by The Earl of Plymouth
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Archer 1747–1768	Succeeded by Andrew Archer