Complex sentence: It may have been named after an English town in Nottinghamshire or in honor of Sir James Mansfield (1733-1821), Solicitor General of Canada in 1780, or William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705--1793).
Split into simpler sentences: It may have been named after an English town in Nottinghamshire. Or it may have been named in honor of Sir James Mansfield (1733-1821), Solicitor General of Canada in 1780, or William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705--1793).