| 1948 : Rev JR Spence |
1949 : Rev Harry Dodd |
| 1950 : Mrs Walter Elliot (later Baroness Elliot of Harwood) |
1951 : Rev John Roberts |
| 1952 : Jane Oliver |
1953 : Nigel Tranter |
| 1954 : Sir Compton MacKenzie |
1955 : David Mackie |
| 1956 : W D Barneston |
1957 : Sir Andrew Murray |
| 1958 : James Pryde JP |
1959 : Lavinia Derwent |
| 1960 : Hugh McDiarmid |
1961 : Gen Sir Philip Christison |
| 1962 : Alderman A Appleby Morpeth |
1963 : Provost C Renilson Forfar |
| 1964 : John T Rutherford |
1965 : Chief Constable William Merrilees |
| 1966 : Dr J Dickson Mabon MP |
1967 : Lord Birsay |
| 1968 : Lady Lothian |
1969 : James Thomson |
| 1970 : George B Dorward OBE JP FSA (Scot) |
1971 : Charlie McDonald |
| 1972 : Iain Cuthbertson |
1973 : David Steel MP |
| 1974 : Brigadier Frank Coutts |
1975 : Lord Hume |
| 1976 : The Marquess of Lothian |
1977 : Edward C Armstrong |
| 1978 : Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel |
1979 : Lord Murray |
| 1980 : Lady Stratheden and Campbell |
1981 : Chief Superintendent G Till |
| 1982 : Liz Taylor |
1983 : Michael Ancram |
| 1984 : David Bridges |
1985 : Vice Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby |
| 1986 : Earl of Dalkeith |
1987 : Alasdair Hutton MEP |
| 1988 : Lt Col William B Swan |
1989 : Archy Kirkwood MP |
| 1990 : Jean Simpson |
1991 : Ronnie Browne |
| 1992 : Ian Landles |
1993 : Tim Douglas |
| 1994 : Sir William Sutherland |
1995 : Robert Muir MRVS |
| 1996 : The Lady Jane Grosvenor |
1997 : Henry Douglas |
| 1998 : William Veitch |
1999 : Robert Rutherford |
| 2000 : Lt Col (Ret'd) Richard Cross OBE |
2001 : no speaker (Foot & Mouth) |
| 2002 : James N. Newlands |
2003 : John Gray |
| 2004 : George Miller, O.B.E. |
2005 : Zandra Elliot |
| 2006 : Michael Moore, M.P. |
2007 : -- |
