Complex sentence: He was the second son of Robert Morris, a Shropshire entrepreneur who had come to Swansea in 1724 to supervise the Llangyfelach Copper Works, founded in 1717, and had taken control of the works when the owner, John Lane, was declared bankrupt in 1726.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the second son of Robert Morris, a Shropshire entrepreneur who came to Swansea in 1724 to supervise the Llangyfelach Copper Works, founded in 1717. Morris took over control of the works when the owner, John Lane, was declared bankrupt in 1726.