Complex sentence: Despite his acquistion of titles and offices, Sarsfield was always a controversial character: he was summoned to the Privy Council in 1615 to answer certain charges, although he cleared himself at that time.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite his acquistion of titles and offices, Sarsfield was always a controversial character. He was summoned to the Privy Council in 1615 to answer certain charges, although he cleared himself at that time.