Complex sentence: Sir George Cornewall Lewis bestowed a Commissionership of Customs on him in 1856; and in 1864 he was made Comptroller of the Stationery Office.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir George Cornewall Lewis bestowed a Commissionership of Customs on him in 1856. In 1864 he was made Comptroller of the Her Majesty's Stationery Office.