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]

The armorial bearings of the ARCHER family of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire, viz: Azure, three arrows, points downward, or

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 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.

See also

Ancestry

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. 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
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

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