Biography
James Henry Lawrence Archer or Lawrence-Archer was a British soldier, collector of botanical specimens, and author best known for his guide to the *Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies*. A branch of the Archer family were resident first in Barbados and then in Jamaica.
Lawrence-Archer was gazetted second lieutenant in the 39th Regiment in 1840, later serving with the 24th Regiment during the Second Anglo-Sikh War from 1848 to 1849. He served with the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, being gazetted captain in 1855, and later holding the rank of major.
He collected botanical specimens during his military service, such as the seeds from China that he offered to William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with other botanical samples that he had personally collected in Mauritius, Anjer, Ascension and St Vincent.
Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Lawrence-Archer)
Lawrence-Archer was gazetted second lieutenant in the 39th Regiment in 1840, later serving with the 24th Regiment during the Second Anglo-Sikh War from 1848 to 1849. He served with the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, being gazetted captain in 1855, and later holding the rank of major.
He collected botanical specimens during his military service, such as the seeds from China that he offered to William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with other botanical samples that he had personally collected in Mauritius, Anjer, Ascension and St Vincent.
Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Lawrence-Archer)
Books by J. H. Lawrence-Archer
Account of the Sirname Edgar
Account of the Sirname Edgar
Monumental Inscriptions of the
Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date; with Genealogical and Historical Annotations from Original, Local and Other Sources Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the 17th. Century, the Calendars of State Paper
The orders of chivalry
Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date ...
An account of the sirname Edgar
![An account of the sirname Edgar: and particularly of the family of Wedderlie in Berwickshire. [With plates.]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7008946-L.jpg)
An account of the sirname Edgar: and particularly of the family of Wedderlie in Berwickshire. [With plates.]