Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te tuatoru o nga tama a James C. Hozier o Newlands me Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, i whakaakona a Hozier ki Rugby School, Edinburgh Academy me te Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. I whai ake ko ia te rangatira i roto i te Royal Artillery, he rangatira i roto i te 2nd Life Guards me te rangatira i roto i te 3rd Dragoon Guards, a ka haere tuatahi ki roto, ki waho o te Staff College, Camberley. I mahi ia ki te Royal Artillery i te haerenga ki Peking
, me te ope taua o Tiamana i te Pakanga o 1866, hei kaiawhina mo te hekeretari hoia ki a Sir Robert Napier i te haerenga Abyssinian, hei kaiawhina mo te hoia hoia i te Pakanga Franco-Prussian. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Iron Cross mo tana mahi i roto i te pakanga whakamutunga, i hangaia hei hoa o te Bath i te 1897, me te Knight Commander o te Bath i te 1903.