Complex sentence: Maughan was born in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, at Alder Hey Hospital--the only girl of five children born to Norah (née McClay) and Frank Mughan, a seaman who proudly became a white collar worker, despite having very little education.
Split into simpler sentences: Maughan was born in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, at Alder Hey Hospital--the only girl of five children. Her father, Frank Mughan, was a seaman who proudly became a white collar worker, despite having very little education.