William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands
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William Wallace Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands DL
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

, JP
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 (24 February 1825-30 January 1906), known as Sir William Hozier, Bt, between 1890 and 1898, was a Scottish soldier and businessman.

Background

Hozier was the son of James Hozier, of Mauldslie Castle and Newlands, Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...

, and Catherine Margaret, daughter of Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet was an English cotton manufacturer and a Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1847....

. Sir Henry Montague Hozier, father of Clementine Churchill, was his younger brother.

Career

Hozier served in the Royal Scots Greys and achieved the rank of lieutenant. He later became a Captain in the Lanarkshire Regiment and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers and the Auxiliary Forces. He was a Director of Caledonian Railway Company as well as a Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 for Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 and Argyll
Argyll
Argyll , archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath...

, a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

 of Glasgow and Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. He was created a Baronet, of Newlands and Mauldslie in the County of Lanark, in 1890 and raised to the peerage as Baron Newlands, of Newlands and Barrowfield in the County of the City of Glasgow and of Mauldslie Castle in the County of Lanark, in 1898. He is only recorded to have spoken once in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

, in June 1901.

Family

Lord Newlands married Frances Anne, daughter of John O'Hara, in 1849. They had one son and three daughters. She died in January 1891. Newlands remained a widower until his death in January 1906, aged 80. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son, James
James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands
James Henry Cecil Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands was a Scottish civil servant, diplomat and politician.-Biography:Hozier was the son of William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands....

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