Many members of the family held important posts in the court: The first head of the family, Sadatoshi became Buketenso (a messenger between the Imperial court and the military government), the sixth head of the family, Sadaharu NONOMIYA and the tenth head of the family, Sadanaka NONOMIYA became Giso (officer conveying what the congress decides to the emperor), at the end of Tokugawa shogunate, the eleventh head of the family, Sadaisa NONOMIYA became Goengumi-goyogakari (officer taking care of matches for the Imperial Family) for Imperial Princess Kazunomiya Chikako, he later also became Giso and Buketenso.
初代定逸は武家伝奏を務め、6代野宮定晴・10代野宮定祥は議奏を務め、幕末の11代野宮定功は和宮親子内親王御縁組御用掛・議奏・武家伝奏を歴任するなど、朝議に参与した者が多い。