Peyton Randolph

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Peyton Randolph was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia who became a leading figure in the early revolutionary movement against British rule.

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Peyton Randolph canonical 25

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instanceOf American lawyer
American politician
human
revolutionary leader
appointedBy British Crown as Attorney General of Virginia
birthDate 1721-09-10
birthPlace Williamsburg, Virginia
linked to: Williamsburg
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1775-10-22
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia
educatedAt College of William & Mary
ethnicGroup English Americans
linked to: English American
familyName Randolph
givenName Peyton
hasHonor Peyton Randolph House named in his honor
historicalEra American Revolutionary period
Colonial America
legalTraining studied law at the Middle Temple, London
locatedMemorial Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg
memberOf Continental Congress
Virginia House of Burgesses
linked to: House of Burgesses
notableFor being one of the earliest presiding officers of a united colonial assembly
leadership in early American revolutionary politics
notableWork leadership in the First Continental Congress
opposition to the Stamp Act
occupation lawyer
planter
politician
participantIn American Revolution
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Stamp Act crisis
linked to: Stamp Act 1765
placeOfBurial Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
politicalAlignment Patriot
positionHeld Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia
President of the First Continental Congress
President of the Second Continental Congress
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
relative Edmund Randolph (nephew)
Jane Bolling Randolph (mother)
John Randolph (father)
John Randolph Jr. (brother)
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled)
replacedBy John Hancock as President of the Second Continental Congress
linked to: John Hancock
residence Williamsburg, Virginia
linked to: Williamsburg
spouse Elizabeth Harrison Randolph

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First Continental Congress president Peyton Randolph
Henry Middleton precededBy Peyton Randolph
Henry Middleton succeededBy Peyton Randolph
House of Burgesses notableMember Peyton Randolph
First Virginia Convention president Peyton Randolph
subject linked to: Virginia Convention
Second Virginia Convention president Peyton Randolph
subject linked to: Virginia Convention
John Randolph of Roanoke relative Peyton Randolph
Jane Bolling Randolph child Peyton Randolph
subject linked to: Jane Bolling Randolph (mother)
Jane Bolling Randolph relative Peyton Randolph
subject linked to: Jane Bolling Randolph (mother)
Peyton Randolph House namedAfter Peyton Randolph
Peyton Randolph House significantPerson Peyton Randolph
Peyton hasNotableBearer Peyton Randolph
Bruton Parish Church associatedWith Peyton Randolph
Sir John Randolph child Peyton Randolph
Sir John Randolph relative Peyton Randolph
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph spouse Peyton Randolph
Edmund Randolph relative Peyton Randolph
subject linked to: Edmund Randolph (nephew)
Randolph hasNotableBearer Peyton Randolph