Complex sentence: On his release, Lord Normanby was appointed a MBE and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Viscount Cranborne from 1944--45 and briefly to the Lord President of the Council, Lord Woolton in 1945.
Split into simpler sentences: On his release, Lord Normanby was appointed an MBE and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Viscount Cranborne, from 1944--45. He briefly served in the same post for the Lord President of the Council, Lord Woolton, in 1945.