Complex sentence: Walter John Stanton (24 March 1828-August 1913) was an English civil engineer and woollen manufacturer and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885.
Split into simpler sentences: Walter John Stanton (24 March 1828--August 1913) was an English civil engineer and woollen manufacturer and a Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885.