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]

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,^[3] 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.^[4]

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, accessed 28 Nov 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
4. History of Parliament

External links

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