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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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer
American politician
human
revolutionary leader
appointedBy British Crown as Attorney General of Virginia
birthDate 1721-09-10
birthPlace Williamsburg, Virginia
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1775-10-22
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
educatedAt College of William & Mary
ethnicGroup English Americans
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
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
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
residence Williamsburg, Virginia
spouse Elizabeth Harrison Randolph


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