Complex sentence: He was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours-the second principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to be so honoured, the first being Sir Landon Ronald in 1922.
Split into simpler sentences: He was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours. The second principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to be so honoured, the first being Sir Landon Ronald in 1922.