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William Archer (British politician)

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died in 1719 without any children, the Gell family estate passed to William's brother, John Eyre, who assumed the surname Gell. After his brother's death in 1739, the lands of
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in 1751; at the time of her marriage, her inheritance was worth £50,000 (equivalent to £9,923,407 in 2023). She succeeded to the estates of her brother Michael in 1803.
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Through his eldest son John, his only child to have issue, he was a grandfather of two: Susannah (née Archer) Houblon (who, in 1770, married the merchant Jacob Houblon of
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Archer's granddaughter, Susannah (née Archer) Houblon, took the surname Newton after the death of her husband to inherit the Newton estates from her aunt, the
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and took the additional name of Archer by Royal Licence in 1801. He was the father of ten sons and three daughters and the grandfather of the Rev.
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A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition
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Archer was extremely wealthy. In addition to his own family's wealth, in 1706, he inherited the estates of Sir
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Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of England, Now Existing
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Archer was born William Eyre on 4 June 1677. He was the second, but first surviving, son of William Eyre of
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After his first wife's death, he married, as his second wife, Susanna Newton, the only daughter of
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and assume the name Archer. They married, but had no children before Eleanora died on 2 May 1717.
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ARCHER, William (1677-1739), of Coopersale, in Theydon Garnon, Essex, and Welford, Berks.
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The History Of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive
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Archer died on 30 June 1739, aged 59. His widow died 28 January 1761.
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in 1733. He was returned unopposed a few months later at the
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Through his brother John Eyre-Gell, he was uncle to Admiral
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were inherited by John's eldest son, and Archer's nephew,
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Berkshire
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at a by-election on 6 February 1734 after the death of
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in 1696 and was called to the bar in 1705. He became a
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and Catharine (née Caldwell) Bagshawe (a daughter of
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Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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Index

Member of Parliament
Berkshire
Winchcomb Packer
Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet
Winchcomb Packer
Peniston Powney
Winchcomb Packer
Tory
Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet
Philip Eyre Gell
John Gell
Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet

Coopersale
Theydon Garnon
Welford Park
House of Commons
Holme Hall
Highlow Hall
Derbyshire
Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet
Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet
Hopton Hall
Philip Eyre Gell
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
Gray's Inn
bencher
Tory
Member of Parliament
Berkshire

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