| John Archer-Houblon | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Essex |
| Term Start: | 1810 |
| Term End: | 1820 |
| Predecessor: | John Bullock Eliab Harvey |
| Alongside: | Eliab Harvey, Charles Western |
| Successor: | Sir Eliab Harvey Charles Western |
| Birth Name: | John Houblon |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1773 |
| Residence: | Welford Park |
| Education: | Felsted School Charterhouse School |
| Parents: | Jacob Houblon Susannah Archer |
| Children: | 13 |
| Relations: | Thomas Archer Houblon (grandson) Jacob Houblon (grandfather) |
John Archer-Houblon (1 December 1773 – 31 May 1831) of Welford Park and Hallingbury Place was a British Member of Parliament.
Houblon was the eldest son of merchant Jacob Houblon and his wife Susannah Archer of Hallingbury Place in Great Hallingbury. His younger sisters were Maria Houblon (wife of Rev. Ambrose Alexander Cotton) and Letitia Houblon (wife of Frederic Louis von Feilitzsch).
His maternal grandparents were John Archer (son of William Archer, MP for Berkshire) and Lady Mary Fitzwilliam (a daughter of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam,[1] and sister to Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, the second wife of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin, and William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam).[2]
His paternal grandfather was Jacob Houblon, MP, and grandson of Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet, MP and Treasurer of the Chamber.[3]
He was educated at Felsted School, Charterhouse School from 1784 to 1791, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1791.
He succeeded his maternal grandfather in 1800, inheriting Welford Park, Berkshire and took the additional name of Archer by Royal Licence in 1801.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Essex, serving from 1801 to 1802 and elected a Member of Parliament for Essex in 1810, sitting until 1820.[4]
He married Mary Ann Bramston, the daughter of Thomas Berney Bramston of Skreens and sister of Thomas Gardiner Bramston, both MPs for Essex. Together, Mary Ann and John were the parents of ten sons and three daughters, including:[4]
Archer-Houblon died on 31 May 1831.[4]
Through his son Thomas, he was a grandfather of the Rev. Thomas Archer Houblon, Archdeacon of Oxford.[5]