X John Lester HARRINGTONDear David,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning John you would be surprisedhow many enquires we get from people who never sayplease or thank you, but first I have to point outa few things. Sadly we do not have a photograph,that is to say we may, there are literallyhundreds of photographs of officers, but theirnames were never recorded on the reverse of thephotograph.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.As a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher I am slowly extracting theserecords. Cheshire Police Officer Enrolment Recordsare held under Reference CJP7 Volumes 1-5. Thesefive volumes are very large and in poor condition,run from 1857- 22 March 1913; the informationwhich you seek would therefore be recorded inVolume 4. The information regarding his marriagesis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966. And with regardto his pension CJP20/2/1, 1857-1965.I say all this because I want to try and reassureyou that what I give you is as it appears in therespective volumes. However if you so wish, youcan of course have the records confirmed by theChester Records Office Archivist. But it would beremiss of me if I did not point out that TheRecord Office will charge you a minimum of £27 persearch per volume; therefore your total bill wouldbe £81, so please be aware.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, I feelcertain that a useful picture can be obtained oflife in the force at the time, my own opinion isthat discipline was draconian and those whostrayed outside the rule's were fined way abovewhat they earned or dismissed. Also therestrictions on their private life, an officer wasnot allowed to drink on or off duty even in hisown home. It all comes down to the fact that upuntil the 1960's every Chief Constable of Cheshirewas an ex military officer and they of coursebrought with them the military codes of practice.I am also delighted to say this morning I havereceived an email from Chris Harrington and hiswife Jeya, they are more than happy for me to givethere you go I hope this result is a lastingfamily connection and I feel certain that Chriswill be able to fill in those many missing gaps.I trust you will enjoy what follows and can I askyou when you get a moment would you send a quickmail so I can mark of your enquiry as completed?If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Sergeant 86 and 99 JohnLester HARRINGTON. (Warrant Numbers were changedon promotion or a posting to another Division)Born. 1836 Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.Date of Entry. 14th February 1862Date of Leaving. 31st July 1891How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve, Chester.Other Postings and Dates. 4 Jul 1862 Broxton; 6Oct 1862 Wirral; 1870 Altrincham; 1889 Nantwich;1890 Winsford.Miscellaneous Information. Religion Protestant,Height 5' 8", Age 24, Eyes Grey, Brown Hair, Freshcomplexion, Proportional Build. Age on retirement56 years 5 months. Total service 29 years 7months. Died 7th July 1910, aged 75 years 3months. Certificate of Service with charactermarked "Exemplary" and 7 Testimonials sent to him31st July 1891.Misconduct. 10th October 1868 improperlyhandcuffing a Mrs. Jones when taking her to theBridewell, Severely reprimanded.Weekly Pay and Promotions. July 1864 20/-. May1866 21/-. June 1868 22/-. October 1871 23/4d.June 1873 24/6d. August 1873 25/8d. January 187626/10d. February 1876 Merit Badge at 28/-. October1876 29/2d. December 1877 Promoted ActingSergeant. March 1879 Promoted Sergeant at 31/6d.12th November 1881 32/8d. 17th November 188333/10d. 1st July 1891 37/4d. Annual pay onretirement £97. 6s. 8d.Discharged on a Pension of £64.17s.9d per annum.Total time on pension 18 years 311 days.Total pension received £1223. 5s. 3d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. July 1867Capture of a Poaching Gang at Norton, 22/6d Rewardfrom Sir, N. Brookes. July 1867 Capture of aPoaching Gang. 22/6d reward from G. Greenall Esq.February 1876 Meritorious Service. Merit Badge andPay.Census address for 1881 New Road. Police Station,Lymm, Altrincham. 1891 West Dudley Street,Winsford. 1901 Springfield, Padgate, Warrington,Lancashire.Marriage RecordOfficer. John Lester HARRINGTON.Occupation. Police Constable.Age. 32 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. Liscard. Wirral,Cheshire.Date of Marriage. 3rd September 1867.Place Married. St. Peters Church, Liverpool.Fathers Name. John HARRINGTON.Fathers Occupation. Wesleyan Minister. WarrenPoint Ireland.Spouse. Elizabeth GARNEROccupation. Servant.Age. 31 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Liverpool.Fathers Name. John GARNER.Fathers Occupation. Tailor, Great Neston, Wirral.