Alexander Dirom ( - 1830 )

Death: Mount Annan, Dumfrieshire (06 October 1830) Profession: Soldier 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 10/07/1794.