Ray Hassall

Raymond Geoffrey Hassall (1943 – 12 March 2017), known as Ray, was a British politician

Hassall served in local government in Birmingham, England representing Perry Barr ward for the Liberal Democrats party, and being Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture from 2006 to 2009, and as Lord Mayor of the city in the year May 2015 to May 2016.

Early life Hassall was born at Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich in 1943, before his family moved to nearby Great Barr. In 1957, they moved to Canada. He returned three years later and joined the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals, from which he was demobbed in 1966. He was also a trustee of Birmingham Civic Society until 2016, serving as its President during his term of office as Lord Mayor of Birmingham.

Notably, Hassall served as Lord Mayor of the city of Birmingham in the year May 2015 to May 2016. A separate civic memorial service was held at Birmingham Cathedral on 15 May.