| Authorised form of name | Dirom; Alexander (- 1830) |
| Dates | - 1830 |
| Place of death | Mount Annan, Dumfrieshire |
| Date of death | 06 October 1830 |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Activity | Career:
Lieutenant, 88th Foot (by 1779); Deputy Adjutant General in the second Mysroe was (1790; war ended 1792); Major General (1809); Lieutenant General (1813); Brigadier General in command of forces of the North West of England; friend of Thomas Telford (FRS 1827), with whom he surveyed the Dee for the siting of new bridges
Memberships:
FRSE; Edinburgh Wernerian Society
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/07/1794 |
| Relationships | Son of Alexander Dirom of Muiresk, Banffshire, and his wife Ann Fotheringham; married (1793) Magdalen Pasley, duaghter of Robert Pasley of Craig and Christina Pringle of Whytebank and Yair |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Death place from DNB |
| Code | NA3043 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1794/12 | Dirom, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |