Complex sentence: Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth (died 1589) was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, and played a leading part in the Irish Government of the 1560s; but later went into opposition and was imprisoned as a result.
Split into simpler sentences: Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth (died 1589) was an Irish peer. He was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, and played a leading part in the Irish Government of the 1560s; but later went into opposition and was imprisoned as a result.