He lived and worked at his 16th-century Tudor estate , Sutton Place near Guildford , Surrey ; the traditional country house became the centre of Getty Oil and his associated companies and he used the estate to entertain his British and Arabian friends ( including the British Rothschild family and numerous rulers of Middle Eastern countries ) .
He lived and worked at his 16th-century Tudor estate , Sutton Place near Guildford ; the traditional country house became the centre of Getty Oil and his associated companies and he used the estate to entertain his British and Arabian friends ( including the British Rothschild family and numerous rulers of Middle Eastern countries ) .