Background
CASS, Geoffrey was born on August 11, 1932. Son of late Arthur and Jessie Cass.
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CASS, Geoffrey was born on August 11, 1932. Son of late Arthur and Jessie Cass.
Sir Geoffrey was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington, County Durham, at Jesus College, Oxford and at Nuffield College, Oxford.
He was a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was Chairman of the Cambridge University Aide-de-Camp Theatre Appeal and the University Sports Centre Appeal. He is a Trustee of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
He was Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press from 1972 to 1992, Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1985 to 2000 and Deputy President (to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales) from 2000 to 2011.
He was President and Chairman of the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association from 1997 to 1999, Chairman of the British Tennis Foundation from 2003 to 2007 and he has been President since 2007. He was knighted in 1992 and elected an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1998.
He was awarded a French Knighthood Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1982. He was a lawn tennis Blue at Oxford, and Captain of Badminton.
He played in the Inter-County Lawn Tennis Championships over a period of 31 years.
He has been Chairman (and co-founder)of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust since 1983. He is Chairman and co-founder of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust since 2012. A Wimbledon Championships player in 1954/55/56/59, and British Veterans" Singles Champion at Wimbledon in 1978, Sir Geoffrey was a member of the Wimbledon Championships Management Committee for 12 years, and Chairman of the Championships Finance Committee.
Board of Manager, Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain 1985-1990. Of Committee of Manager, Wimbledon Championships since 1989. Numerous other trusts, committees and advisory bodies particularly in connection with theatre and lawn tennis.
Married Olwen M. Richards in 1957.
