Complex sentence: Although a Whig, Ashley could not be depended on to give a party vote; he was always ready to support propositions from other quarters, if they appeared to him to promote the liberty of the subject and the independence of parliament.
Split into simpler sentences: Although a Whig, Ashley could not be depended on to give a party vote. He was always ready to support propositions from other quarters, if they appeared to him to promote the liberty of the subject and the independence of parliament.