Wrightson Mundy (c. 1712 – 18 June 1762) was an English landowner, member of parliament for the Leicestershire constituency and, in 1737, Sheriff of Derbyshire.

[2] His first name was the maiden name of his paternal grandmother Philippa, who was the daughter and heiress of Michael Wrightson of Osbaston.

Through his paternal line Wrightson was the direct descendant and heir of Sir John Mundy, who first purchased the manors of Markeaton (the principal seat of the Mundys), Allestree and Mackworth from Lord Audley in 1516.

He was a direct descendant of Edward III via his maternal grandfather Sir John Noel, 4th Baronet of Kirkby Mallery, who could trace his ancestry back to Edward's granddaughter Philippa, Countess of Ulster.

As such he was also a descendant of the Plantagenet Kings preceding Edward III, as well as William the Conqueror, the Dukes of Normandy and of Alfred the Great.