Complex sentence: McDowell was born Malcolm John Taylor in Horsforth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now a part of the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Leeds, the son of Edna (née McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican.
Split into simpler sentences: McDowell was born Malcolm John Taylor in Horsforth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now a part of the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Leeds. He is the son of Edna (née McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican.