James Henry Cecil Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands (4 April 1851 – 5 September 1929) was a Scottish civil servant, diplomat and politician.James Henry Cecil Hozier Newlands (2d Baron). The Right Honourable James Hozier, Second Baron Newlands to the Master & Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford: Deed of Trust of the Jowett Fellowships Fund. Harrison & Sons, Printers, 1907.

Biography

Hozier was born in

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on 4 April 1851, the son of

William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands William Wallace Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands (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 Ca ...

. He was educated at

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and at

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. In 1880, he married Lady Mary Louisa Wellesley Cecil, a daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. He served as a Third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service from 1876, as Diplomatic Secretary at the

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, 1876–1877, and as Private Secretary to the

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while he was

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from 1878 to 1880 and again as Prime Minister from 1885 to 1886. He then entered Parliament and sat as

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Member of Parliament for

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from 1886 to 1906. He was Grand Master Mason of Scotland from 1899 to 1903 and was Brigadier of the

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from 1910. He received the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in 1917. He died without issue in

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on 5 September 1929, and his title became extinct.

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* 1851 births 1929 deaths Nobility from South Lanarkshire Hozier, James Hozier, James Deputy lieutenants of Glasgow Lord-lieutenants of Lanarkshire Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Hozier, James Hozier, James Hozier, James Hozier, James UK MPs who inherited peerages Members of the Royal Company of Archers {{Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub