Complex sentence: Ross was born in West Helmsdale in the parish of Kildonan, Sutherland, the son of a crofter whose grandfather (his namesake), a Chelsea Pensioner, had been evicted out of Kildonan during the Highland Clearances.
Split into simpler sentences: Ross was born in West Helmsdale in the parish of Kildonan, Sutherland, the son of a crofter. His namesake his grandfather, a Chelsea Pensioner, had been evicted out of Kildonan during the Highland Clearances.