Complex sentence: Colonel John Alexander Bannerman (b.5 Jun 1759; d. of cholera 8 Aug 1819) was Governor of Prince of Wales Isle from 1817 to 8 Aug 1819.
Split into simpler sentences: Colonel John Alexander Bannerman (b.5 Jun 1759; d. of cholera 8 Aug 1819). Bannerman was Governor of Prince of Wales Isle from 1817 to 8 Aug 1819.