What is Jeffrey Archer?
[[File:Jeffrey Archer @ Oslo bokfestival 2012 4.jpg|right|thumb|Jeffrey Archer]] '''Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare''' (born 15 April 1940) is a [[British people|British]] author and politician. He was a member of Parliament, Deputy Chairman of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and since 1992 is a [[life peer]]. His political career ended after an [[indictment]] for [[perjury]]. He is married to [[Mary Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare|Mary Archer]], a prominent scientist in [[solar power]]. == Biography == === Early life === Jeffrey Howard Archer was born in the [[City of London]] Maternity Hospital. When he was two weeks old he and his family moved to the [[coast|seaside]] town of [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]], where he spent most of his young life. At [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] he was successful in [[athletics (track and field)|athletics]], competing in [[sprinting]] and [[hurdling]]. He also made a name for himself in raising money for the then little-known charity [[Oxfam]], famously claiming to have obtained the support of [[The Beatles]] in a charity fundraising drive (it was actually Pat Davidson of Oxfam). The band accepted the invitation to visit the Senior Common Room of his Brasenose College, where they were photographed with Archer and dons of the college, although they did not play there. It was during this period that he met his future wife, Mary. His parents were John and Mary Archer who gave birth to him in 1940. Jeffery Archer only had one sibling and that was his brother, Thomas Archer who is a renowned politician for the conservative party. At the age of 29, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for a [[Lincolnshire]] [[constituency]], holding the seat for the Conservative Party in a by-election on 4 December 1969. In [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]], Archer was on the left of the Conservative Party, rebelling against some of his party's policies. He urged free TV licences for the elderly and was again