Complex sentence: Byam was the first foreigner to be appointed a "Member of Honour" by the "Societe Philatelique d'Egypte", a fellow of the Society of Postal Historians and president of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London.
Split into simpler sentences: Byam was the first foreigner to be appointed a "Member of Honour" by the "Societe Philatelique d'Egypte". He was a fellow of the Society of Postal Historians and president of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London.