Complex sentence: Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau (Montevideo, August 10,1810-Montevideo, May 8,1887) was the President of Uruguay from 1868--1872 and the son of a wealthy merchant loyal to the Spanish crown.
Split into simpler sentences: Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau (Montevideo, August 10,1810-Montevideo, May 8,1887) was the President of Uruguay from 1868--1872. He was the son of a wealthy merchant loyal to the Spanish crown.