Complex sentence: Lord Cromer, the British Consul-General in Egypt, had been the architect of the British withdrawal in the face of the Mahdist uprising and he remained convinced that Egypt needed to recover its financial posiion before any invasion could be contemplated.
Split into simpler sentences: Lord Cromer, the British Consul-General in Egypt, had been the architect of the British withdrawal in the face of the Mahdist uprising. He was convinced that Egypt needed to recover its financial posiion before any invasion could be contemplated.