Complex sentence: Halton County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario and named for Major William Mathew Halton appointed in 1805 as Secretary to the Upper Canada provincial Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Gore.
Split into simpler sentences: Halton County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is named after Major William Mathew Halton who was appointed in 1805 as Secretary to the Upper Canada provincial Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Gore.