Roxburghshire sends one member to Parliament; and Jedburgh, its only royal burgh, joins with Lauder, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, in electing another. This is one of the few Scottish counties in which there are regular assessments for the poor. Amongst the eminent men to whom this district has given birth are, Thomson, Armstrong, Lord Kames, Elliot the brave defender of Gibraltar, Leyden, Park the African traveller, and William Dawson the father of the improved agriculture of Scotland.