John Cass City of London College in 1970 to form the City of London Polytechnic; becoming London Guildhall University and merging to form the London Metropolitan University in 2002. The modern Foundation provides support to a primary school within the City – near to St Botolph's, (Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School); a secondary school (Sir John Cass Redcoat School) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets; the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design within London Metropolitan University; and the Cass Business School within City University. The Foundation has provided funding for the Sir John Cass School of Education
John Cass John Cass Sir John Cass (February 1661 – 5 July 1718) was an English merchant, politician and philanthropist. He was born in Rosemary Lane, in the City of London, son of Thomas Cass, carpenter to the Royal Ordnance. In 1665, the family moved to Grove Street, in South Hackney to escape the plague. Cass became a merchant, builder and politician who served as Alderman, for the ward of Portsoken and in 1711 was elected a Sheriff of London. He was elected as one of the Tory MPs for the City in 1710; until losing to the Whig faction in 1715.