| 37. | Robert Atherstone Stumbles  (21.Albert3, 5.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 1 Sep 1934 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); died on 17 May 2010 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Other Events and Attributes:
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The Tree of a Southern African STUMBLES Family https://stumbles.org.uk/Stumbles/safricans.html
Rhodes University http://archive.is/aBFtl
http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=162685
The Sunday Times
June 23 2010, 1:01am
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robert-stumbles-3lt908ttncl
Robert Stumbles was a distinguished Zimbabwean lawyer, an outspoken advocate for social justice and a sought after public speaker who is perhaps best remembered in recent years for his Herculean efforts to save the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe from the excommunicated former Bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga.
Robert Atherstone Stumbles was born in Salisbury, Mashonaland, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) in 1954. He was educated at St Georges College, Salisbury and went on to read law at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and then at Oxford where he was prominent in rugby and athletics.
Whos Who http://whoswho.co.za/robert-stumbles-3636
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2010/2-april/gazette/obituary-chancellor-robert-atherstone-stumbles
30 March 2010
The Bishop of Harare writes:
ROBERT STUMBLES, Chancellor of the diocese of Harare, died on 17 March, aged 75. His funeral, held in the Arundel School Chapel on 26 March, was attended by many people from the Church of the Province of Central Africa, including the Dean of the Province, the Rt Revd Albert Chama.
The son of Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles and his wife Molly, Robert Atherstone Stumbles attended Blakistone Junior School, and St George’s College, Harare, before going to Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, for his first degree in Law, and then to Oxford University, where he took his MA and continued his prominence in rugby and athletics.
He read for the bar at Gray’s Inn, London, where he was selected Marshal to the High Court judge Sir Donald Finnemore on the south-eastern circuit Assizes. Bob joined the law firm of Stumbles & Rowe (founded by his father) in 1960, eventually becoming senior partner. He was admitted as a legal prac¬titioner in Zimbabwe in 1964, Malawi in 1986, and Botswana in 1988. He became sole proprietor of legal firm Sacranie, Gow and Com¬pany in Malawi.
Bob had a passion for justice. He attended the constitutional talks that led to the Rhodesia/Zimbabwe agreement in 1978. He was appointed a member of the national Constitutional Committee set up to draft the 1978 Constitution of Zim¬babwe, and has been a member of the Judicial Service Commission of Zimbabwe since 1985. President Robert Mugabe appointed him a member of the Sandura Com¬mission [set up to investigate alleged corruption — Editor] in 1989.
To Church Times readers, Bob is best known for his work as a church lawyer and legal adviser in Zimbabwe, through good and bad times. Bob was Diocesan Registrar for the Anglican diocese of Mashonaland, now Harare, from 1972 to 1990. He was Diocesan Chancellor from 1990, and Deputy Chancellor of the Church of the Province of Central Africa from 1989.
Over the years, Bob was chairman of several companies, and director of others, including British Airways and UDC. He was a trustee on many boards, such as the Round Table Race Relations Endowment Trust, and Zimbabwe National Trust Fund for the Disabled. He founded the Zimbabwe Paraplegic Olympics, Childline in Zimbabwe, and other charities.
In 1976, he was founder-chairman of the non-party-political National Pledge Association, to press for removal of discrimination based on race, and in 1977 became founder-chairman of the National Unity Association, established to remove racial discrimination and build unity between ethnic groups and support human rights and justice. He was founder-editor of the African Rehabilitation Journal, and chairman and past president of several other charitable organ¬isations.
In 1973, he was elected World President of the World Council of Young Men’s Service Clubs at the annual conference in Bruges, Belgium. He was presented with a number of awards, such as the Order of Epiphany, and the Jaycees Award (1971), as one of two outstanding young men of his country.
Bob was runner-up for the “Com¬municator of the Year” Award in Zimbabwe for 1980. (It was won by the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, now President Mugabe.) Bob was made an hononary life member of the Association of Round Tables of Central Africa in 1975, and Rotary Paul Harris Fellow in 1988.
Bob was a noted sportsman, representing his school at rugby, cricket, tennis, and athletics (Victor Ludorum), university at rugby and athletics, and Zimbabwe at athletics. His hobbies included tennis, fishing, reading, and music.
He is survived by his widow, Pamela Anne, their three children, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe http://www.cfuzim.org/index.php/comunity1/personnel/485-prominent-lawyer-robert-qbobq-stumbles-dies - Prominent lawyer Robert "Bob" Stumbles dies - Saturday, 27 Mary 2010 19:24
ROBERT "Bob" Stumbles was born on the September 1, 1934 in Salisbury to Mary and the Honourable Albert Rubidge Washington STUMBLES, for speaker of Parliament and Minister of Lands and Roads in Southern Rhodesia. He studied at St Georges College before proceeding to Rhodes University where he studied for a Bachelor of Art. He later studied for a Master of Art at the University of Oxford. In his youth, Bob represented South Rhodesian athletics.
On the April 30 1960, he married Pamela-Anne MASON. The couple were blessed with two sons and a daughter. In 1960, Bob joined his father's legal practice, Stumbles and Rowe.
He was appointed partner in 1966 then rose to senior partner in 1988 until his semi-retirement in 1999. From then until his untimely death, conveyancer, consultant and notary public for the Malawian legal practice Sacraine, Gow and Company.
Bob's journey in service began in the late 60s when he joined Number 1 Round Table in Salisbury, where he met with a number of future Harare Central Presidents, namely Alan Aschmann and John Meyburg.
He was President of his club in the early 70s President of the Association of Round Tables in Central Africa. In 1973-74, Bob served as president of the World Council of Young Men's Service Clubs.
On the March 23 1977, Robert STUMBLES was inducted into the Rotary Club of Salisbury Central, which he led as president in 1979-80.
From then until his elevation to excused absence and later honorary membership, he served in various positions in Rotary International Districts 925, 9250 and 9210, notably as Chairman of the Legal Advice and Resolutions Committee. Bob was conferred with a Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 1988.
Bob was a staunch Anglican. Between 1971 and 1990, he served as Registrar and Legal Advisor of the Anglican Diocese of Salisbury (later Harare). In 1989m he was appointed Deputy Provincial Chancellor for the Anglican Church for the Province of Central Africa, before rising to Chancellor, a position he held until his demise.
He was also Chancellor for the Anglican Diocese of Harare from 1990 until his untimely death. Robert STUMBLES had directorship of several companies, both public and private.
Companies he was Chairman include: British Airways Zimbabwe, Gulliver Consolidated, Stone Holdings I Conforzi Tea and Tobacco Estates Limited of Malawi and JR Gobey and Sons (Private) Limited. He also served as Executive Member of St John's Ambulance Association and the Zimbabwe Games and Lotteries Board.
Bob was a member, founder member, trustee and chair of several societies and associations. He was Chairman of the Dorothy Duncan Centre, the Zimbabwe IYDP committee, Beit Trust representative boards for Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, Round Table Race Relations Endowment Trust, Golden Key Foundation National Pledge Association, National Unity Association, National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped and National Trust of Zimbabwe.
Bob was a member of the Outward Bound Council, the Advisory Board of Salvation Arm, Honorary Life member of the Association of Round Tables in Central Africa nd Round Table Joint Venture Club, founder and vice president of the National Paraplegic Association and Associate Member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Patent and Trademark Agents.
Robert STUMBES was conferred with the following awards: Joint Recipient of the Jaycees Outstanding Young Persons award in 1971, Serving Brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1988, Order of the Epiphany in 1999 and American International Research Man of the Year 2006.
Robert married Pamela Anne Mason on 30 Apr 1960 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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