Background
He was a son of Horace Razzall a Scarborough teacher and Sarah Thompson.
He was a son of Horace Razzall a Scarborough teacher and Sarah Thompson.
He was educated at Scarborough High School.
They had two sons. Muriel died in 1968. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1935. He founded the firm Humphrey Razzall & Company in 1938.
He served in the Royal Marines from 1941 to 1946, reaching the rank of Staff Captain.
He was an Examiner in the High Court practice and procedure for solicitors final examination. He was the Master of the Supreme Court (Taxing) from 1954 to 1981.
He was selected as the Liberal Party"s prospective parliamentary candidate for Finchley for a general election expected to take place in the Autumn of 1939. Although it was a safe Conservative seat, the Liberals had come second in 1935, so it was a promising seat.
However, due to the outbreak of war, Razzall never got to fight the seat.
He did continue with the duties of prospective candidate, attending meetings while on leave
By the time Winston Churchill called a general election in 1945, Razzall had moved from being Liberal candidate for Finchley to be adopted as Liberal candidate for his home town seat of Scarborough and Whitby. This was a better prospect for the Liberals, who had finished a strong second behind the Conservatives in 1935. However, the national swing to the Labour Party, prevented the Liberal Party from gaining the seat;
He did not stand for parliament again.