About Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1683 – 1753 (aged 69–70). Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet was a politician.
Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet (c. 2 March 1683 – 10 December 1753), of Croft Castle, near Leominster, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734.
Early life Croft was the eldest son of Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Archer, daughter of Thomas Archer, MP of Umberslade, Warwickshire. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 15 April 1702. In 1720 he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 3 November. He married Frances Waring, daughter of Brigadier-General Richard Waring of Dunston Park, Berkshire on 10 January 1723.
Death and legacy Croft died on 10 December 1753, having had three sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Archer Croft.
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