Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ onye Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) maka Blackburn site na 1931 ruo 1945. A họpụtara Smiles ọzọ n'afọ 1935 mana ọ nọchiri anya Down na Northern Ireland na ntuli aka Westminster nke afọ 1945, dịka Unionist. E kewara mpaghara ntuli aka oche abụọ na 1950 na North Down na South Down. Smiles meriri na North Down n'afọ ahụ ma bụrụ onye MP ya ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 1953; ọ nwụrụ na mbibi nke Larne Lough, na
Oké Ifufe. Nwa ya nwanyị, Patricia Ford nọchiri ya. Ọ bụ nna nna nke onye nchọpụta Bear Grylls.