Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The original home of the Order was the Palace of St Michael and St George in Corfu , the residence of the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands and the seat of the Ionian Senate .
Simplified: The original home of the Order was the Palace of St Michael and St George in Corfu This was the home of the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands . It was also the location of the Ionian Senate meetings .