Complex sentence: In the 1860s he was prominent in Henry Richard's successful campaign for election as MP for the Merthyr Boroughs and, like his brother, Lewis, was invited to contest the second seat there when Richard Fothergill retired in 1880.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1860s he was prominent in Henry Richard's successful campaign for election as MP for the Merthyr Boroughs. Like his brother, Lewis, was invited to contest the second seat there when Richard Fothergill retired in 1880.