Herbert Archer

Herbert Archer was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Archer was educated at Blundell's School in Devon from 1896 to 1903, before further studies at the University of Bristol and Guy's Hospital.
Archer, a forward, played rugby for his hospital and Somerset club Bridgwater & Albion RFC. He went on tour in 1908 with the British Lions and made 18 appearances over the course of the trip, including all three internationals against the All Blacks. In 1909, Archer was capped three times for England.
During World War I, Archer served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Archer was honorary surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and had a practice in Nether Stowey. He retired to Edington and was spending Christmas with his daughter's family in Cornwall when he died in 1946.