Search results
Sir Henry Montague Hozier KCB (20 March 1838 – 28 February 1907) was a British Army officer who became secretary of Lloyd's of London. Biography. The third son of James C. Hozier of Newlands and Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, Hozier was educated at Rugby School, Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
- Page 17
- Tight Money
- Colonel Hozier Returns
- Runaway Bride
- Enter Winston
By Sonia Purnell Sonia Purnell is the author of First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill (2015). All quotations in this article are taken from the book. Winston Churchill was not at all the sort of husband that Lady Blanche Hozier had had in mind for her unusual daughter Clementine. He had no small talk and was not—to be frank— convent...
Lady Blanche had her young family all together, but Hozier was refusing to help financially, and money was extremely tight. Over the next eight years, the family of five moved from one set of furnished lodgings to another every few months. In part this was out of financial necessity—and the need to stay one step ahead of the creditors—but the const...
Now Hozier was changing his mind about the teenaged Clementine, perceiving from afar that she was emerging as clever, graceful, and accomplished, if still apparently unnecessarily timid. He decided to visit her in Dieppe and invited her to lunch at the Hotel Royal. Lady Blanche bid her reluctant daughter to attend, although their trusty maid Justin...
Her next great challenge back then, however, came soon afterwards when her beloved Kitty died suddenly from typhoid. Never had Clementine felt so alone, now fending almost entirely for herself. The family returned to England, where she was sent to a grammar school—again hardly the typical environment for an earl’s grand-daughter. Yet it was here th...
Meanwhile Winston Churchill was in hot pursuit of a wife. He was already a global celebrity—thanks to his escapades in India and Africa—and a rising political star. What he lacked in money, he more than made up for with brio, swagger, and prospects. By rights he should have made quite a catch for a woman already in possession of a fortune and he be...
Dec 5, 2017 · Clementine’s parents, Lady Blanche Hozier and Henry Montague Hozier, despised one another and were so famously unfaithful that associates assumed none of their children were fathered by...
Feb 8, 2024 · He was a colonel-commandant of the Royal Arsenal Artillery Volunteers. Colonel Hozier worked for Lloyds until 1906 when he retired. Colonel Sir Hozier was the author of several works: “Seven Weeks’ War,” “Invasions of England,” Breeding of Horses for Military Purposes,” and “History of the British Expedition to Abyssinia.”
Jun 17, 2017 · How Winston Churchill's wife became his rock in his darkest of hours. ... Born Clementine Hozier to parents Colonel Henry Hozier and Lady Blanche Hozier in 1855, she was a shy girl from a racy ...
Sir Henry Montague Hozier KCB (20 March 1838 – 28 February 1907) was a British Army officer who became secretary of Lloyd's of London. The third son of James C. Hozier of Newlands and Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, Hozier was educated at Rugby School, Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military...
Sir Henry Montague Hozier (1838–1907), army officer and business administrator. 1838 Born in Lanarkshire. 1856 After Woolwich he joined the Royal Artillery. Passed out of the staff college at the head of the list.
