About David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly
Lived 1769 – 1850 (aged 80–81). David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly was a judge.
The Hon. David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly (1769–1850) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.
Life
He was born in May 1769 the son of Lt Col Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly in Fife, and his wife Margaret Chamberlain.
After training in law he rose to be Sheriff of Fife from 1807 to 1811. From 1811 to 1813 he was Solicitor General for Scotland, succeeding David Boyle.
In February 1813 he took the place of the recently deceased Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee as a Senator of the College of Justice.
He retired in 1830 and began writing, especially on the then new Poor Laws.
He died in 1850.
Family
In 1810 he married Maria-Sophia (d. 1846), daughter of Sir George Abercrombie, 4th Baronet of Birkenbog.
They had no children. His estates were inherited by his nephew, William Tankerville Monypenny.
His brothers included Alexander Monypenny, an Edinburgh lawyer, and William Monypenny, collector of customs in Kirkcaldy.
Publications
Remarks on the Poor Laws (1834) Proposed Alterations to the Scottish Poor Laws (1840)
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