Complex sentence: Her father Francis Faithfull was a clerk at the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, while her mother Edith Lloyd stayed home for her eight children but found the time to write a "History of England" and some magazine articles.
Split into simpler sentences: Her father Francis Faithfull was a clerk at the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. Her mother, Edith Lloyd, stayed home with eight children while also writing a "History of England" and magazine articles.