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.
[1] Archer served as a Parliamentary Colonel during the English Civil War.
He was elected MP for Warwickshire in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.
[1] Archer died at the age of about 66 and was buried at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden on 25 October 1685.
Of his other children, Leigh died unmarried, Elizabeth married Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet, and Frances married Sir Francis Rouse, 3rd Baronet.