Background
Archer was the eldest surviving son of Sir Simon Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife by Anne Ferrers, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire.
Archer was the eldest surviving son of Sir Simon Archer of Umberslade Hall in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire and his wife by Anne Ferrers, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire.
He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. He was baptised on 14 January 1619. Archer served as a Parliamentary Colonel during the English Civil War.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.
Archer died at the age of about 66 and was buried at Tamworth on 25 October 1685.
In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Warwick in the Third Protectorate Parliament.