Background
Cass was born at Walthamstow on 19 September 1787. His father was William Cass of Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore Hill, a merchant, and his mother was Elizabeth.
Cass was born at Walthamstow on 19 September 1787. His father was William Cass of Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore Hill, a merchant, and his mother was Elizabeth.
He was resident at Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore Hill, Edmonton, and later Little Grove, East Barnet. Cass was a Deputy Lieutenant, justice of the peace, and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1844-1845. Cass died on 17 May 1861 and was buried at Tottenham.
A funerary hatchment to his memory exists in Street Mary the Virgin church, East Barnet.
The Cass family were wealthy. Martha died at Chester Terrace, Regent"s Park, on 5 July 1870.