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“Nigel Farage's father has just retired.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim is that Nigel Farage's father, Guy Justus Oscar Farage, had "just retired" from stockbroking as of an interview date of 2 December 2011, at the age of about 75.
Guy Justus Oscar Farage was born in late 1935, which would make him approximately 75–76 at the time of the interview, consistent with the age Farage gives. Public sources confirm he was a City of London stockbroker, had left his Stock Exchange position around 1969 due to alcoholism, gave up drinking in 1971, and returned to trading on the London Stock Exchange floor in the mid-1970s. He is also documented as having later been involved with the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum — a Bishopsgate Library/Mapping Museums interview transcript records him as chairman of the museum's trustees, giving his date of birth as 1935, and dating from 29 January 2018, which establishes he was alive well after the 2011 interview and thus contradicts some online claims that he died in 2001.
However, the specific assertion that he had "just retired" from stockbroking at around age 75 in late 2010 or 2011 concerns the private employment status of a non-public figure. The available public evidence confirms his career history and that he was alive at the relevant time, but it does not provide a primary or official record of the exact date or circumstances of his retirement from stockbroking. There is no public documentation (e.g., a retirement announcement, filing, or official record) that directly corroborates or contradicts the "just retired" timing. This is the kind of personal, non-public detail that cannot be verified from available public sources.
Sources: BBC News, "Profile: Nigel Farage, UKIP leader" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-20543513); Yahoo News UK, "Who is Nigel Farage?" (https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-uk-election-leader-profiles-132154692.html); Bishopsgate Library / Mapping Museums project interview transcript, Guy Farage and Daniel Taylor (https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/index.php/actions/tools/tools/download-file?id=103356); Geni.com genealogy profile, "Guy Justus Oscar Farage (1935 - d.)" (https://www.geni.com/people/Guy-Farage/6000000025418093424); Ruler Magazine, "Guy Justus Oscar Farage" (https://rulermagazine.co.uk/guy-justus-oscar-farage/); NetVol, "Guy Justus Oscar Farage: The Life and Legacy of Nigel Farage's Father" (https://netvol.co.uk/guy-justus-oscar-farage-biography-family-life/)
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Oh yes. In fact, both of my parents are very dynamic people – they get involved, they get stuck in. My father has just retired – quite good to be stockbroking still at the age of 75 – and now he’s very busy being president of his regiment and things like that. He is an extremely colourful character, and certainly in the City was extremely well known. I talk a little bit in the book about some of the problems he had…
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