An Act of 1427 ordained that "the small barons and free tenants need not come to Parliament nor general counsels, so that of each sheriffdom there be two or three wise men chosen at the head court of the sheriffdom, according to its size." In 1537 another Act ordered the barons to choose one or two of the wisest and most qualified to be Commissioners for the whole shire. In 1587 representation was limited to those who held "a forty shilling land in free tenantry of the King." The Parliaments sat at Scone, Perth, Stirling, or Edinburgh, and the Members voted as one Chamber, there being no division into an Upper and Lower House.

Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, Steward of Annandale 1617.

William Douglas 1644-48-49.

Sir James Douglas 1644-49-50-51.

Sir William Douglas (created Earl of Queensberry) 1647.

James Douglas of Mouswald 1649-50-51.

Sir J. Douglas 1735-47.

Charles Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig 1747-54.

William Douglas of Kelhead 1768-80.

COUNTY.

Viscount Drumlanrig (late Marquis of Queensberry) 1847-57.

BURGHS.

Lord Wm. Robt. K. Douglas 1812-32.