Complex sentence: His mother was a 19-year old half-gipsy maid named Rosina Elizabeth Swan of Higham, near Bury St. Edmunds; "The Times", 26 March, 1925 St Maur's father died within months of his birth.
Split into simpler sentences: His mother was a 19-year old half-gipsy maid named Rosina Elizabeth Swan of Higham, near Bury St. Edmunds "The Times", 26 March, 1925. St. Maur's father died within months of his birth.