John Randolph: Royalist Attorney of Colonial Virginia

John Randolph was a leading attorney and King's Attorney for colonial Virginia who remained fiercely loyal to the British Crown. Serving as Mayor of Williamsburg and a member of the House of Burgesses, he advocated for reconciliation rather than armed rebellion. When the American Revolution escalated in 1775, his loyalist convictions led him to depart for Great Britain, where he spent his final years in exile, contrasting sharply with his patriot relatives.

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