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- Alexander_Dirom abstract "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. He is remembered not as a military commander but as an agricultural improver, earning him Fellowship in both the Royal Society of London and Royal Society of Edinburgh. 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. His views on the British corn trade also paved the way to the formulation of the Corn Laws in the early 19th century.".