David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly

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.

[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.

In 1810 he married Maria-Sophia (d. 1846), daughter of Sir George Abercrombie, 4th Baronet of Birkenbog.

His estates were inherited by his nephew, William Tankerville Monypenny.

David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly sketched by his colleague Robert Scott Moncrieff
Portrait of Maria Sophia Abercromby, Lady Pitmilly (1781-1842) by Sir Henry Raeburn