Editing Peyton Randolph (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Coat of Arms of William Randolph.svg|175px|thumb|Coat of Arms of William Randolph]]
Randolph was born in Tazewell Hall, [[Randolph family of Virginia|his family]]'s estate in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/research-and-education/|title=Colonial Williamsburg Research & Education|website=colonialwilliamsburg.org|accessdate=February 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/987717|jstor=987717|last1=Moorehead|first1=S. P.|title=Tazewell Hall: A Report on Its Eighteenth-Century Appearance|journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|year=1955|volume=14|issue=1|pages=14–17|doi=10.2307/987717}}</ref><ref name=CongressBio>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000049 Peyton Randolph], Biographical directory of US Congress. Accessed February 7, 2024.</ref> His father was [[John Randolph (politician)|Sir John Randolph]], and his brother was [[John Randolph (loyalist)|John Randolph]]. Peyton Randolph was 15 when his father died. He attended the [[College of William & Mary]] and later studied law at [[Middle Temple]] at the [[Inns of Court]] in [[London]], becoming a member of [[bar (law)|the bar]] in 1743.<ref>[http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biorapey.cfm Peyton Randolph profile], history.org. Accessed February 7, 2024.</ref>

A lifelong resident of Williamsburg, the colony's capital, Randolph was to follow in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, and [[Henry Soane|great-grandfather]], all of whom served as [[speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Four Centuries of House Speakers |url=https://www.vpap.org/visuals/visual/historic-house-speakers/ |website=vpap.org |publisher=The Virginia Public Access Project |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>