Complex sentence: Sir Frederic Rogers was the guiding spirit of the Colonial Office under six successive secretaries of state, and on his retirement in 1871 was raised to the Peerage as Baron Blachford, of Wisdome in the County of Devon, a title taken from his country home.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Frederic Rogers was the guiding spirit of the Colonial Office under six successive secretaries of state. On his retirement in 1871 was raised to the Peerage as Baron Blachford, of Wisdome in the County of Devon, a title taken from his country home.