Claim e7a9f599Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“Nigel Farage's father is now president of his regiment.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
Nigel Farage's father, Guy Justus Oscar Farage (G.J.O. Farage), served as President of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association — a yeomanry regiment with a long military history. Multiple editions of the association's journal, *The Sharpshooter* (2013, 2014, and 2016), list "PRESIDENT: G.J.O. Farage Esq." at the top of the Trustee and Committee Members page. A 2018 interview archived at the Bishopsgate Institute confirms Guy Farage's deep and long-standing involvement with the regiment, having joined the Sharpshooters in 1956 and served as chairman of the museum trust for many years. The 2013 journal also mentions "Nigel Farage MEP" among the supporters of the regiment's appeal. The earliest journal found (2013) already lists him as president, and given his decades-long involvement since 1956, it is entirely consistent that he held the presidency by late 2011. No source contradicts this.
Sources:
- *The Sharpshooter* (2016 journal), Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association — listing "PRESIDENT: G.J.O. Farage Esq." — https://ksy.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/Journals/2016%20The%20Sharpshooter.pdf
- *The Sharpshooter* (2014 journal), Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association — listing "PRESIDENT: G.J.O. Farage Esq." — https://ksy.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/Journals/2014%20The%20Sharpshooter.pdf
- *The Sharpshooter* (2013 journal), Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association — listing "PRESIDENT: G.J.O. Farage Esq." and mentioning "Nigel Farage MEP" as a supporter — https://ksy.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/Journals/2013%20The%20Sharpshooter.pdf
- Bishopsgate Institute, Mapping Museums project interview with Guy Farage and Daniel Taylor (2018) — https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/collections/kent-and-yeomanry-sharpshooters-museum/
- Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum website — https://www.ksymuseum.org.uk/news/view/151
From article
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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