Alexander Dirom
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General Alexander Dirom. Born 21 May 1757. Died Annan 6 October 1830. He was appointed Ensign in the 61st Regiment of Foot on the 8th Dec. 1778 and Lt. in the 88th Foot 13th Oct. 1779. He served with the regiment in Barbados (1780) and Jamaica (1780-84) as Military Secretary to the GoC and Major of Brigade. He exchanged in to the 60th (Royal American Regiment of Foot, later Kings Royal Rifle Corps) as a Captain in 1781 and in 1783 went to St Domingo to negotiate an exchange of Prisoners of War. In 1784 he returned to England. He was Aide-de-Camp to Major General Sir Archibald Campbell
(Gov.Gen. and Commander in Chief at Madras) and subsequently served in India against Tippoo Sahib in the Third Mysore War. Fellow Royal Society
10 July 1795.
Son of Alexander Dirom, Provost
of Banff
and Anne née Fotheringham, he was brother of Sophia who married George Duff
. Married Edinburgh 3 August 1793 Magdalen Pasley (born Lisbon 6 January 1772, died Annan 23 October 1853). 12 recorded children including Lt John Pasley Dirom, Sophia Dirom, Captain Alexander Dirom, Robert Dirom, Andrew Dirom, William Maxwell Dirom, Francis Moira Dirom and Admiral James Dirom.
There is a "schooli5 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.
Archibald Campbell (British Army officer)
General Sir Archibald Campbell KB served as Governor of Jamaica and Madras. He was a major Scottish landowner, Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland and a Member of Parliament for the Stirling Burghs.-Birth:...
(Gov.Gen. and Commander in Chief at Madras) and subsequently served in India against Tippoo Sahib in the Third Mysore War. Fellow Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
10 July 1795.
Son of Alexander Dirom, Provost
Provost (civil)
A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...
of Banff
Banff, Aberdeenshire
Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron...
and Anne née Fotheringham, he was brother of Sophia who married George Duff
George Duff
Captain George Duff RN was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of Trafalgar....
. Married Edinburgh 3 August 1793 Magdalen Pasley (born Lisbon 6 January 1772, died Annan 23 October 1853). 12 recorded children including Lt John Pasley Dirom, Sophia Dirom, Captain Alexander Dirom, Robert Dirom, Andrew Dirom, William Maxwell Dirom, Francis Moira Dirom and Admiral James Dirom.
There is a "schooli5 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.