Original sentence: Richard Blanshard, MA, (19 October 1817 – 5 June 1894), was an English barrister and first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island from its foundation in 1849 to his resignation in 1851
Edited sentence: Richard Blanshard MA (19 October 1817 – 5 June 1894) was an English barrister and first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island from its foundation in 1849 to his resignation in 1851