John Randolph (loyalist)

John Randolph (1727 – January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg in the British colony of Virginia.

He served as king's attorney for Virginia from 1766 until he left for Britain at the outset of the American Revolution.

The younger Randolph was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, his cousin,[2] with whom he often played violin.

In 1774, he wrote "Considerations on the Present State of Virginia", in which he called for reconciliation between his fellow colonists and Great Britain.

[3] He boycotted the Virginia Convention, an extralegal convening of the House of Burgesses headed by his brother Peyton.