Complex sentence: Josephine married George Butler (1819--1890 b. Harrow, Middlesex), a scholar and cleric, in 1852, they both shared a broad Christianity, a cultural attachment to Italy, as well as a strong commitment to liberal reforms.
Split into simpler sentences: Josephine married George Butler (1819--1890 b. Harrow, Middlesex), a scholar and cleric, in 1852. They shared a broad Christianity and a cultural attachment to Italy, as well as a strong commitment to liberal reforms.