Members of Parliament
- 1708 Patrick Moncreiff
- 1709 Sir Robert Anstruther
- 1710 Sir Alexander Erskine
- 1715 Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet
- 1741 David Scott
- 1747 James Oswald
- 1754 James St Clair
- 1763 James Wemyss
- 1768 John Scott
- 1776 James Townsend Oswald
- 1779 Robert Skene
- 1780 John Henderson
- 1780 Robert Skene
- 1787 William Wemyss
- 1796 Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet
- 1806 Robert Ferguson
- 1807 William Wemyss
- 1820 James Erskine Wemyss
- 1831 James Lindsay
- 1832 James Erskine Wemyss
- 1847 John Fergus
- 1859 James Hay Erskine Wemyss
- 1864 Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet
- 1880 Robert Preston Bruce
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