Complex sentence: In 1927 he was appointed as South Africa's Governor-General by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, to replace Prince Arthur of Connaught and he occupied that Vice-regal post until being succeeded by the 6th Earl of Clarendon in 1930.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1927 he was appointed as South Africa's Governor-General by British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, replacing Prince Arthur of Connaught. He served in that office until being succeeded by the 6th Earl of Clarendon in 1930.