Alexander Dirom
Biography
He was born in Banffshire the son of Alexander Dirom of Muiresk (Provost of Banff) and his wife, Ann Fotheringham.[1]
He was appointed
In 1795 he was elected a Fellow Royal Society and in 1796 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers for the latter were Henry Mackenzie, John Playfair, and James Finlayson.[1]
He died in Annan on 6 October 1830.
Publications
- Narrative of the Campaign in India (1794)
- An Inquiry into the Corn Laws and Corn Trade of Great Britain (1796)
- Plans for the Defence of Great Britain and Ireland (1797)
- On the Rev Robert Rennie's Plan for an Inland Village
- Descriptions of the Limekilns built in 1801
- On Experiments with Salt as Manure and in the Feeding of Livestock
- Remarks on Free Trade and the State of the British Empire (1827)
Family
He was brother of Sophia Dirom who married Captain George Duff RN (killed at the Battle of Trafalgar).
Dirom married the wealthy Magdalen Passley (1772–1853) of Mount Annan in Dumfriesshire, in Edinburgh on 3 August 1793 and thereafter adopted the title Dirom of Mount Annan. They had 12 recorded children including sons: Lt John Pasley Dirom, Sophia Dirom, Captain Alexander Dirom, Robert Dirom, Andrew Dirom, William Maxwell Dirom, Francis Moira Dirom and Admiral James Dirom.
Their daughter, Leonora Anne Dirom, married
Artistic recognition
There is a "school of Raeburn" 3/4 length portrait, supposedly of him, which has Dirom's face painted onto an ensign in the red uniform of a regiment to which Dirom never belonged.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Captain Alexander Dirom (1800–1837) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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