Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nwa nwoke nke atọ nke James C. Hozier nke Newlands na Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, Hozier gụrụ akwụkwọ na Rugby School, Edinburgh Academy na Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Ọ bụ osote onye isi na Royal Artillery, onye isi na 2nd Life Guards na onye isi na 3rd Dragoon Guards, wee gafere nke mbụ n'ime na site na Staff College, Camberley. O jere ozi na Royal Artillery na
njem njem na Beijing, ya na ndị agha German n'agha nke 1866, dịka onye enyemaka onye odeakwụkwọ ndị agha nye Sir Robert Napier na njem Abyssinian, yana onye enyemaka onye agha agha n'oge agha Franco-Prussian. Enyere ya ihe nrite nke Iron Cross maka ọrụ ya na esemokwu nke abụọ, mere ya Companion nke Bath na 1897, na Knight Commander nke Bath na 1903.