Thomas Archer
| Thomas Archer | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1668 |
| Died | 22 May 1743 his house Whitehall |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
St. Paul's, Deptford |
St. Paul's, Deptford
St John's, Smith Square
St Philip's Cathedral
North Front & Cascade Chatsworth House
Heythrop Park
Thomas Archer (1668–1743) was an English Baroque architect, whose work is somewhat overshadowed by that of his contemporaries Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Archer spent his youth at Umberslade Hall in Tanworth-in-Arden in Warwickshire, the youngest son of Thomas Archer, a country gentleman, Parliamentary Colonel and Member of Parliament, and Ann Leigh, daughter of the London haberdasher, Richard Leigh. The exact date of Archer's birth is unknown, but can be inferred from the two documentary sources that mention his age. One is an entry in the Oxford University register recording his matriculation at Trinity College on 12 June 1686, aged 17; the other, his epitaph, survives in the parish church of Hale, Hampshire. If these records are accurate, he must have been born between 12 June 1668 and 22 May 1669. Thomas is the only one of the Archer children not to have his birth recorded in the Tamworth-in-Arden parish register, which suggests he may have been born elsewhere. He attended Trinity College, Oxford, from which he matriculated on 12 June 1686. After leaving university, he went on a Grand Tour, spending four years abroad and was influenced by the work of Bernini and Borromini.
At the commencement of the civil wars, he was a colonel in the parliamentary forces and raised a troop of horse at his own expense. But when he discovered the designs of the parliamentarians, he threw up his commission and emigrating, remained abroad until the restoration of the monarchy. Thereafter he represented the city of Warwick in the Cavalier Parliament.
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