Complex sentence: Former Spanish prime minister and then-Ambassador to the French Court Jerónimo Grimaldi summarized the Spanish position in a letter to Arthur Lee, an American diplomat in Madrid who was trying to persuade the Spanish to ally with the fledgling United States.
Split into simpler sentences: Former Spanish prime minister and then-Ambassador to the French Court, Jerónimo Grimaldi, summarized the Spanish position in a letter to Arthur Lee. Lee was an American diplomat in Madrid who was trying to persuade the Spanish to ally with the fledgling United States.