Complex sentence: Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born 19 June 1946) is a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, and a former British diplomat, including Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Split into simpler sentences: Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born 19 June 1946) is a British politician and former diplomat. He sits as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, and previously served as Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.