text: Having been previously rejected , Archer was made a life peer in 1992 as Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare , of Mark in the County of Somerset .
simplified: Jeffrey Howard Archer , Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare ( born May 15 , 1940 ) is a British author and politician . He was a member of Parliament , Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and since 1992 is a life peer .