Complex sentence: Carbutt was the youngest son of Francis Carbutt (1792--1874), a linen and cloth merchant of Chapel Allerton in Leeds who was a justice of the peace, Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1848/1849, and a director of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway.
Split into simpler sentences: Carbutt was the youngest son of Francis Carbutt (1792--1874) of Chapel Allerton in Leeds. He was a linen and cloth merchant who became a justice of the peace, Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1848/1849, and a director of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway.