Robert Alfred Humble
Robert Alfred Humble (1864 – 31 January 1929) was an Anglican priest, born in Heathery Cleugh, Weardale, Durham, England. His father was Reverend Emerson Humble (1837–1901). His career was marked with much pastoral work, including organising local fundraising events and meals for the elderly. He contributed to the work of committees, and joined in local social events, being a member of his church's cricket team. He was a "very popular figure." It is in this context of sociability and regular work among his congregation that the events surrounding the delayed discovery of his death, mentioned in several newspapers, remain a puzzle. Having suffered a seizure, he apparently lay openly on a flower bed in his vicarage garden on a dark February night, while his congregation spent eleven hours searching for him on the adjacent moorland. One of Rev. Humble's incumbencies was St Mark's, Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield, 1897–1901. Background His father was Rev Emerson Humble (1837–1901), born at Stanhope. Robert Alfred's mother was Elizabeth Peart (born 1831). Emerson and Elizabeth married in Weardale in 1863. Between 1872 and 1897, Emerson was curate of Earsdon, Ryton, and Sacred Trinity Salford, and was rector of St Stephen Hulme and of Gisleham. Robert