London: With the motto “By Fire, By Sword” and a baronetcy dating back more than 200 years, they are one of the most distinguished aristocratic dynasties in Britain.

But the Welby family is riven by a bitter dispute, pitching father against son over the right to farm thousands of hectares of prime land.

Charles Welby, 66, is suing his 97-year-old father, Sir Bruno Welby, the 7th Baronet of Denton Manor, in the dispute over a large chunk of the family’s agricultural holdings in Lincolnshire.

Sir Bruno Welby is the 7th Baronet of Denton Manor. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

In documents lodged with the High Court, he says Sir Bruno’s company, D&S Farms – which grows crops and raises cattle and buffalo – has refused to vacate a significant section of the thousands of hectares of farmland

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