J Paul Getty House England
For the 2017 film all the money in the world about the kidnapping of getty s grandson john paul getty iii scenes set at sutton place were filmed at hatfield house.
J paul getty house england. Getty had lived in britain for nearly 25 years. The early tudor house which was frequented by henry viii became the oil billionaire s home from 1959. Amassed billions from oil by alden whitman. The getty research institute institutional archives.
The new series trust which premiers on fx on march 25 tells the story of the 1973 kidnapping of oil heir john paul getty iii it also depicts one of the world s richest families as it lived at. Wormsley is a private estate home to the getty family and set in 2 700 acre 1 100 ha of rolling countryside in the chiltern hills of buckinghamshire england the estate which was acquired by sir paul getty in 1985 forms part of hambleden valley running from stokenchurch to turville. John paul getty s former home sutton place has gone on sale today for a cool 25 million. Jean paul getty ˈ ɡ ɛ t i.
Paul getty dead at 83. The founder behind his. Paul getty was an american born british petrol industrialist and the patriarch of the getty family he founded the getty oil company and in 1957 fortune magazine named him the richest living american while the 1966 guinness book of records named him as the world s richest private citizen worth an. A dynasty which story about the 1973 kidnapping of john paul getty iii triggered the creation of ridley scott s all the money in the world as well as fx series trust.
Sutton place was sold in 1980 after getty s death in 1976 by his getty oil corporation for 8 million to a company owned by stanley j. He was 83 years old. An american by birth mr. The san francisco mansion once owned by oil heir william getty and his philanthropist and socialite wife returned to the market february 8 with an asking price of 29 million.
Paul getty a symbol of oil wealth and power died early today at his country mansion near london. Sutton place one of england s most famous properties where the eccentric billionaire john paul getty lived from the late 1950s until his death in 1976. Wormsley is world renowned for its library which houses one of the finest collection of books and. The cause of death was reported to be heart failure.