Complex sentence: Stanley J.A.Cotterell was the Club's first hon. secretary and in 1879 became its first president followed by another year in office as vice-president, now in 1938, in the Diamond Jubilee year of the foundation of the club.
Split into simpler sentences: Stanley J.A.Cotterell was the Club's first hon. secretary and in 1879 became its first president followed by another year in office as vice-president. Now in 1938, in the Diamond Jubilee year of the foundation of the club.