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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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer
American politician
human
revolutionary leader
appointedBy British Crown as Attorney General of Virginia
birthDate 1721-09-10
birthPlace Williamsburg
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1775-10-22
deathPlace Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
educatedAt College of William & Mary
ethnicGroup English American
surface form: English Americans
familyName Randolph
givenName Peyton
hasHonor Peyton Randolph House named in his honor
historicalEra American Revolutionary era
surface form: American Revolutionary period

Colonial America
legalTraining studied law at the Middle Temple, London
locatedMemorial Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress

House of Burgesses
surface form: Virginia 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 Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Stamp Act 1765
surface form: Stamp Act crisis
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 of Roanoke
surface form: John Randolph (father)

John Randolph of Roanoke
surface form: John Randolph Jr. (brother)

Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled)
replacedBy John Hancock
surface form: John Hancock as President of the Second Continental Congress
residence Williamsburg
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
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
Virginia Convention president Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: First Virginia Convention
Virginia Convention president Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Second Virginia Convention
John Randolph of Roanoke relative Peyton Randolph
Jane Bolling Randolph (mother) child Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Jane Bolling Randolph
Jane Bolling Randolph (mother) relative Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Jane Bolling Randolph
Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg namedAfter Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House
Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg significantPerson Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House
Peyton hasNotableBearer Peyton Randolph
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia associatedWith Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) child Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Sir John Randolph
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) relative Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Sir John Randolph
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph spouse Peyton Randolph
Edmund Randolph (nephew) relative Peyton Randolph
subject surface form: Edmund Randolph
Randolph hasNotableBearer Peyton Randolph