William Randolph Quotes
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.
Hearst, William Randolph. Quoted in Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst, by W. A. Swanberg, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961.
This saying is attributed to Burke, but see {596187} for a more accurate version.
William Randolph I was an English American colonist, landowner, planter, merchant, and politician who played an important role in the history and government of the English colony of Virginia. He moved to Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673, and married Mary Isham (ca. 1659 – 29 December 1735) a few years later. His descendants include many prominent individuals including Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Robert E. Lee, Peyton Randolph, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, George W. Randolph, and Edmund Ruffin. Due to his and Mary's many progeny and marital alliances, they have been referred to as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia".