Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Na uku dan James C. Hozier na Newlands da Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, Hozier ya yi karatu a Makarantar Rugby, Edinburgh Academy da kuma Kwalejin Soja ta Royal, Woolwich. Ya kasance a jere a matsayin laftanan a Royal Artillery, laftanan a 2nd Life Guards da kyaftin a 3rd Dragoon Guards, kuma ya wuce na farko a ciki da waje na Staff College, Camberley. Ya yi aiki tare da Royal Artillery a cikin
tafiya zuwa Peking, tare da Sojojin Jamus a cikin Yaƙin 1866, a matsayin mataimakin sakataren soja ga Sir Robert Napier a cikin tafiyar Abyssinian, kuma a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin soja a lokacin Yaƙin Franco-Prussian. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Iron Cross don hidimarsa a rikicin na baya, ya zama Abokin Bath a 1897, kuma Knight Commander na Bath a 1903.