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Wormsley Park
Former home of the philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty II (born 7 Sep 1932 Eugene Paul Getty, USA died 17 Apr 2003) from 1986 and lived there until his death in 2003. Mick Jagger introduced Getty to cricket, he formed such an affection for the sport that in 1992 he had a replica of The Oval built on the grounds, with the Queen Mother and Prime Minister John Major attending the first match.Getty had a library added to the house to accommodate his rare book collection, which includes may be the earliest English manuscript, a 7th century Historia Ecclesiastics by Eusebius Pamphili (born abt. 263 died 339), Bishop of Caesarea, Palestine in 314, and four leaves from the only remaining medieval illustrated biography of St. Thomas à Beckett.
Photograph courtesy of Bucks Free Press
| Owner/Source | www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/swop |
| Date | 1990 |
| File name | Wormsley Park.jpg |
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| Linked to | Wormsley I0ark, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England; Henry Fane; John Scrope |
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