Complex sentence: He married John George Bowes'daughter Margaret in 1877 and the couple had two children: daughter Margaret Ethel and son Harold W. A. Foster was appointed to the Queen's Counsel on 26 October 1885.
Split into simpler sentences: He married John George Bowes'daughter Margaret in 1877 and the couple had two children. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel on 26 October 1885.