Complex sentence: According to Soren Mentz's book "The English Gentlemen Merchants at work (Madras and the City of London)" George White became a Member of Parliament at this time and this enabled him to lobby fellow MPs in aid of his cause.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Soren Mentz's book "The English Gentlemen Merchants at work (Madras and the City of London)" George White became a Member of Parliament at this time. This enabled him to lobby fellow MPs in aid of his cause.