Ku sii qor faqradan - Wiilkii saddexaad ee James C. Hozier ee Newlands iyo Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, Hozier wuxuu wax ku bartay Rugby School, Edinburgh Academy iyo Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Waxa uu ahaa taliye ka tirsan Royal Artillery, taliye ka tirsan 2aad Life Guards iyo kabtan ka tirsan 3aad Dragoon Guards, waxaana uu ahaa kii ugu horreeyay ee ka gudba Koleejka Shaqaalaha, Camberley. Wuxuu ka tirsanaa ciidanka Royal Artillery ee duulaankii Peking
, oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Jarmalka Dagaalkii 1866, isagoo ahaa kaaliyaha xoghayaha militariga ee Sir Robert Napier safarkii Abyssinia, iyo kaaliyaha attaché militariga intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Faransiiska iyo Prussia. Waxaa lagu abaalmariyay iskutallaabta birta ee adeeggiisa khilaafka dambe, waxaa loo sameeyay Saaxiibka Bath sanadkii 1897, iyo Knight Commander of Bath sanadkii 1903.