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    Archer, Jeffrey
    /ˈɑːtʃə/
    • 1. (Howard), Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 1940), British writer and Conservative politician. He resigned as an MP after being declared bankrupt, and embarked on a career as a bestselling novelist. He was deputy chairman of the Conservative Party 1985–6, but resigned after a libel case; in 2001 he was found to have committed perjury in that case and was jailed for four years.