Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English author and former politician. Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament, but resigned over a financial scandal which left him almost bankrupt. Later, after a reversal in his fortunes from the royalties of his best-selling novels, he became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party before resigning after another scandal, which would lead to the end of his career in elected office. He was made a life peer in 1992. His political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment for perjury and perverting the course of justice, which followed his second resignation. His books have sold at least 250 million copies worldwide. [More at Wikipedia]

April 15th, 1940 in City of London Maternity Hospital (Age 84)