Henry Archer (MP)
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Henry Archer (1700 – 16 March 1768) of Hale, Hampshire was a British Member of Parliament. [1]
He was the second son of Andrew Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife Elizabeth Dashwood. His elder brother was Thomas Archer. Henry was educated at Eton College (c.1716) and Trinity College, Oxford (1712) before proceeding to study law at the Middle Temple (1718) and the Inner Temple (1723), where he was called to the bar in 1726.
He served as Member of Parliament for Warwick from 1735 to 1768.
In 1734 he became a trustee, together with his elder brother, for the newly formed colony of Georgia on the east coast of America.
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Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Warwick 1735–1768 With: Thomas Archer (1735–41) Wills Hill (1741–56) John Spencer (1756–61) Hamilton Boyle (1761–62) Paul Methuen (1762–68) Lord George Greville (1768) |
Succeeded by Lord George Greville Paul Methuen |
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- 1700 births
- 1768 deaths
- People from Tanworth-in-Arden
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
- Members of the Middle Temple
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- British MPs 1734–41
- British MPs 1741–47
- British MPs 1747–54
- British MPs 1754–61
- British MPs 1761–68