Complex sentence: Macaulay was born in Hodnet, Shropshire, son of a rector of the parish who was cousin of the historian Lord Macaulay, and educated at Eton College, where he played for the college "soccer" team in 1878.
Split into simpler sentences: Macaulay was born in Hodnet, Shropshire, son of a rector of the parish who was cousin of the historian Lord Macaulay. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college "soccer" team in 1878.