Complex sentence: Falconer was the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Falconer, by Frances, only child of Lieutenant-colonel Robert Raitt, was born at Corston, Somersetshire on 27 December 1801, and was baptised there on 21 July 1802.
Split into simpler sentences: Falconer was the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Falconer, by Frances, only child of Lieutenant-colonel Robert Raitt. He was born at Corston, Somersetshire, on 27 December 1801, and was baptised there on 21 July 1802.