For other people named Jeffrey Archer, see Geoffrey Archer (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
The Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare
Archer in 2012
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 1992 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Louth (Lincolnshire)
In office 4 December 1969 – 20 September 1974
Preceded by
Cyril Osborne
Succeeded by
Michael Brotherton
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Howard Archer
15 April 1940 (1940-04-15) (age 84) London, England
Political party
Non-affiliated (since 2001)
Other political affiliations
Conservative (prior to 2001)
Spouse
Mary Weeden
(m. 1966)
Children
2
Residence(s)
London, England
Occupation
Politician, author
Website
www.jeffreyarcher.com
Writing career
Occupation
Novelist, short story writer, playwright
Period
1976–present
Genre
Thriller, drama
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940)[1] is an English novelist, life peer, convicted criminal, and former elected politician who remains a member of the House of Lords.[2] Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt.[3]
Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His 1979 novel Kane and Abel remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million copies sold worldwide.[4][5] Overall his books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.[6]
Archer became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–86), before resigning after a newspaper accused him of paying money to a prostitute. In 1987, he won a court case and was awarded large damages because of this claim.[7] He was made a life peer in 1992 and subsequently became Conservative candidate to be the first elected Mayor of London. He resigned his candidacy in 1999 after it emerged that he had lied in his 1987 libel case. He was imprisoned (2001–2003) for perjury and perverting the course of justice, ending his active political career.[6]
^Dictionary of International Biography. 34th Edition. Rains, Sara, ed. Cambridge: Melrose Press, 2008.
^Sala, Lana (2022). "Scandal: Jeffrey Archer and the call-girl" (Documentary). Zinc Television London. London: Channel 5.
^Odone, Christine (21 March 2013). "Jeffrey Archer: Mary would run the NHS beautifully". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^Rufford, Nick. "Jeffrey Archer on his prison years and his latest crime caper". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^Flood, Alison (15 June 2009). "Jeffrey Archer rewrites Kane and Abel 'for a new generation'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ abHorowitz, Anthony (7 May 2011). "Jeffrey Archer interview: the saga continues". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^Davies, Caroline (20 July 2001). "He lied his way to the top". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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