Alexander Dirom

Lieutenant General Alexander Dirom of Luce and Mount Annan FRS FRSE (21 May 1757 – 6 October 1830) was a British military commander who saw overseas service in Barbados, Jamaica and India.

His most notable contribution was to identify the importance of salt in animal diets, leading to the widespread use of "salt-licks" from around 1800.

He was born in Banffshire the son of Alexander Dirom of Muiresk (Provost of Banff) and his wife, Ann Fotheringham.

Gen. and Commander in Chief at Madras) and subsequently served in India against Tippoo Sahib in the Third Mysore War.

He was brother of Sophia Dirom who married Captain George Duff RN (killed at the Battle of Trafalgar).