Complex sentence: The surname Robert is a name of a British colonial officer who requested his parent to name him after him, this means in really sense, Robert was his second name (not his surname or last name), his first name being Shaaban.
Split into simpler sentences: The surname Robert is a name of a British colonial officer who requested his parent to name him after him. Thus in real sense, Robert was his second name (not his surname or last name), his first name being Shaaban.