David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly
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The Hon. David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly (1769–1850) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.
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.[1] From 1811 to 1813 he was Solicitor General for Scotland, succeeding David Boyle.[2]
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.
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