Complex sentence: Benn's contact with leading politicians of the day dates back to his earliest years; he met Ramsay MacDonald when he was five, David Lloyd George when he was 12, and Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, while his father was Secretary of State for India.
Split into simpler sentences: Benn's contact with leading politicians of the day dates back to his earliest years; he met Ramsay MacDonald when he was five, David Lloyd George when he was 12. This was in 1931, while his father was Secretary of State for India.