Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell
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The Right Honourable The Lord Archer of Sandwell QC PC |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 31 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Don Concannon |
| Succeeded by | Kevin McNamara |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade | |
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In office 24 November 1982 – 31 October 1983 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shore |
| Shadow Attorney General | |
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In office 24 November 1981 – 24 November 1982 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | John Morris |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Davidson |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 7 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Havers |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ian Percival |
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Member of Parliament for Warley West (1974-1992) Rowley Regis and Tipton (1966-1974) |
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In office 31 March 1966 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Henderson |
| Succeeded by | John Spellar |
| Personal details | |
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Peter Kingsley Archer 20 November 1926 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 14 June 2012 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, QC PC (20 November 1926 – 14 June 2012) was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 until 1992, when he became a life peer. Between 1974 and 1979 he was Solicitor General for England and Wales.
Archer was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire on 20 November 1926. He left school at 16 and became a clerk for the Ministry of Health before spending four years working in coal mines under the Bevin Boys scheme. He subsequently obtained degrees in Philosophy and Law at the London School of Economics and University College London, and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1952.
Archer joined the Labour Party in 1947. He was selected in 1957 as the candidate for the Hendon South parliamentary seat, which he unsuccessfully contested in 1959 after declining to contest the 1957 by-election for his home area of Wednesbury. After contesting Brierley Hill in 1964, he was returned for Rowley Regis and Tipton in 1966. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General Sir Elwyn Jones (1967–1970) and in 1969 was the British representative on the United Nations' "third committee" on human rights.
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