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Cpt Johnes Smith was its first occupant, the 1861 Census recording his wife and four children, his mother-in-law and eight members of staff living there. A coachman was employed for the journey into Seller Street, the location of the County Police Headquarters.
 
[[File:RE_Pol_11.jpg|100px|thumb|right| Cpt Smith's family at leisure at Hoole Lodge.]]
 
[[File:RE_Pol_10.jpg|100px|thumb|left| Cpt Smith's family at the lakeside.]]
 
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[[File:RE_Pol_11RE_Pol_9.jpg|100px|thumb|right| Cpt Smith's family at leisure at Hoole Lodge.]]
[[File:RE_Pol_10.jpg|100px|thumb|left| Cpt Smith's family at the lakeside.]]
[[File:RE_Pol_9RE_Pol_11.jpg|400px|thumb|left| St Clair Smith school photograph.]]
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Cpt Smith donated £25 to the building fund for All Saints Church which opened in 1967 and a brass plaque in the church commemorates his activities there. He, his wife and family played an active part in local life, being associated with many events at the Church and the Lecture Hall
 
There was embarrassment in 1865 when his son, Ensign St Clair Smith, then of the 49th Regiment, Dublin was convicted for attending a cock-fight at Peel Hall,near Tarvin. He and twelve other gentlemen were fined £5 plus costs.
[[File:RE_Pol_9.jpg|400px|thumb|left| St Clair Smith school photograph.]]
 
Cpt Smith died in 1877 and: