Complex sentence: Dilke was appointed one of the five royal commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1862; and soon after the death of the prince consort he was created a Baronet, of Sloane Street in the County of Middlesex.
Split into simpler sentences: Dilke was appointed one of the five royal commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1862. Soon after the death of the prince consort he was created a Baronet, of Sloane Street in the County of Middlesex.