Office-holders
partial list
- William de Camera - Justice-Clerk to David II (1324-71)
- Adam Forester
- 1426: James de Lawedre (d. after 1459)
- 1478: William Halket of Belsico
- 1491: Richard Lawson of Heirigs
- 1507: James Henderson of Fordel (k. Battle of Flodden 1513)
- 1513: James Wishhart of Pittarrow
- 1524: Nicholas Crawfurd of Oxengangs
- 1537: Adam Otterburn of Reidhall
- 1537: Thomas Scot of Pitgorn
- 1539: Thomas Bellenden of Auchole
- 1540: Henry Balneaves
- 1547: Sir John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton (d.1576)
- 1577: Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton (d.1591)
- 1591: Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (d.1623)
- 1625: Sir George Elphinston of Blythswood
- 1634: Sir James Carmichael of the Ilk
- 1637: Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston
- 1651: Sir Robert Moray
- 1663: Sir John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton
- 1671: Sir James Lockhart of Lee (d. 4 June 1674)
- 1674: Sir William Lockhart of Lee
- 1675: Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Craigie
- 1680: Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale
- 1684: Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Lord Colinton
- 1688: Sir John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
- 1690: Sir Alexander (or George) Campbell of Cessnock, Lord Cessnock
- 1692: Sir Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston
- 1699: Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Lord Pollok
- 1702: Roderick Mackenzie of Prestonhall, Lord Prestonhall
- 1704: Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, Lord Whitelaw
- 1705: Sir Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston
- 1710: Sir James Erskine, Lord Grange
- 1714: Sir Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston
- 1735: Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton
- 1748: Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald
- 1763: Gilbert Eliot, Lord Minto
- 1766: Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee
- 1787: Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield
- 1799: David Rae, Lord Eskgrove
- 1804: Charles Hope, Lord Granton
- 1811: David Boyle, Lord Boyle
- 1841: John Hope
- 1858: John Inglis, Lord Glencorse
- 1867: George Patton, Lord Glenalmond
- 1869: James Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff
- 1888: John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh
- 1915: Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson
- 1922: Robert Munro, Lord Alness
- 1933: Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison
- 1941: Thomas Cooper, Lord Cooper
- 1947: George Thomson, Lord Thomson
- 1962: William Grant, Lord Grant
- 1972: John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley
- 1985: Donald Ross, Lord Ross
- 1997: William Cullen, Lord Cullen
- 2001: Brian Gill, Lord Gill
- 2012: Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway
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