David Stuart Moncreiff

David Stuart Moncreiff of Moredun FRSE (1710-1790) was an 18th-century Scottish advocate, landowner and agricultural improver. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1] His name is occasionally given as David Stewart Moncreiff. David Hume appears to occasionally have written under his name. As they clearly were acquainted this appears mischievous rather than a nom de plume.[2]

  1. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ The Letters of David Hume J Y T Greig