Henry Hozier

Colonel Sir Henry Montague Hozier, KCB (20 March 1838 – 28 February 1907) was a British Army officer who became secretary of Lloyd's of London.

These Hozier describes in an interview in 1895 as follows: "[O]ne of the new features introduced here by myself, and that of which I am perhaps most proud, has been the development of our means of securing early information.

We have placed them mostly on barren isolated spots where there are o shipping agents or newspaper reporters, but directly connected to by cable and wire."

Lady Blanche gave birth to four children, but their paternity has been questioned, due to Hozier's apparent sterility and poor relationship with his wife, who was known to have had affairs.

Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, who was married to Blanche's sister Lady Clementine, is considered the most likely candidate to be their biological father.