Complex sentence: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831--13 April 1886), styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer, the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Split into simpler sentences: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831--13 April 1886), styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer. Ashley was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.