Complex sentence: Bentine was born Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire, of Anglo-Peruvian parentage and grew up in Folkestone, Kent, one of his friends being the young David Tomlinson.
Split into simpler sentences: Bentine was born Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire, of Anglo-Peruvian parentage. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and grew up in Folkestone, Kent, one of his friends being the young David Tomlinson.