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Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (21 July 1695 – 19 October 1768) was an English
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
, who was created Baron Archer in 1747. His arms are blazoned: ''Azure three arrows or.''Landed Families of Britain and Ireland: Archer of Umberslade and Hale, Barons Archer
Retrieved 28 November 2016.


Biography

He was the eldest son and heir of Andrew Archer of
Umberslade Hall Umberslade Hall is a 17th-century mansion converted into residential apartments situated in Nuthurst near Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Archer family were granted the manor of Umberslade by Henry II in ...
in Tanworth in Arden,
Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood. His younger brother was
Henry Archer Henry Archer (1799 – 2 March 1863) was the son of an Ireland, Irish landowner and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar and spent most of his time between North Wales and London. Ffestiniog Railway In rail ...
. Thomas succeeded his father to Umberslade in 1741. He served as Member of Parliament of
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from 1735 to 1741 and then for the
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of
Bramber Bramber is a former manor, village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It has a ruined mediaeval castle which was the ''caput'' of a large feudal barony. Bramber is located on the northern edge of the South Downs ...
in
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from 1741 until 1747, 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 Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
on the east coast of America. He married Catherine Tipping, daughter of
Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Tipping (baptized 29 April 1653 – 1 July 1718) was a late 17th-century English baronet and Member of Parliament. Family Tipping was the second son, but tenth child, of Sir Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire by his wife, Eliz ...
and Anne Cheke, and had a son and daughters. He was succeeded by his son
Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer (29 July 1736 – 18 April 1778), 18th-century British Whig politician, styled the Hon. Andrew Archer between 1747 and 1768. Life The son of Thomas, 1st Baron Archer, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipp ...
, on whose death in 1778 the title became extinct.History of Parliament
/ref> His daughter Catherine married
Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth (12 May 1731 – 21 April 1771) was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor until 1732. At the age of one, he succeeded his father Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth, as Earl of Plymouth. In 1736, his matern ...
.


See also

*
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, or simply the Georgia Trustees, was organized by James Edward Oglethorpe and associates following parliamentary investigations into prison conditions in Britain. The organizatio ...
* Umberslade Obelisk


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thePeerage.com: Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer
1695 births 1768 deaths People from Tanworth-in-Arden 1 Peers of Great Britain created by George II Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 {{GB-baron-stub