Complex sentence: Franks was the second son of Thomas Franks (1729--1787), of Ballymagooly, County Cork, by Catherine, daughter of Rev. John Day, born in 1770, graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A.1788, LL.B.1791.
Split into simpler sentences: Franks was the second son of Thomas Franks (1729--1787), of Ballymagooly, County Cork, by Catherine, daughter of Rev. John Day. He was born in 1770, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A.1788, LL.B.1791.