Complex sentence: Robert Jowitt Whitwell was born in 1859 to Edward Whitwell and Mary Ann Jowitt; the Whitwell family were based in Kendal, where Edward's brother John was the MP from 1868 to 1880.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Jowitt Whitwell was born in 1859 to Mary Ann Jowitt and Edward Whitwell. The Whitwell family were based in Kendal, where Edward's brother John was the MP from 1868 to 1880.