Complex sentence: Lloyd George was born to Welsh parents on 17 January 1863, was raised as a Welsh-speaker, and was to become the first (and thus far only) Welsh politician to hold the office of Prime Minister.
Split into simpler sentences: Lloyd George was born to Welsh parents on 17 January 1863. He was raised as a Welsh-speaker and was to become the first (and thus far only) Welsh politician to hold the office of Prime Minister.