Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer

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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,{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}} 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.{{cite book|title=A History of Georgia: From Its First Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Present Constitution, Volume 1|first=William|last=Stevens|page=469}}

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.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/archer-thomas-1695-1768 History of Parliament] His daughter Catherine married Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth.

File:Portrait of the Hon. Catherine Windsor (née Archer), Countess of Plymouth (by Allan Ramsay and Studio).jpg

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

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• [http://thepeerage.com/p2932.htm#i29318 thePeerage.com: Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer]

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