Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan aurensa, Somerset ya ci gaba zuwa Cape Colony, inda mahaifinsa ya zama gwamna, kuma ya yi aiki tare da Cape Mounted Rifles a duk lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Xhosa
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 25 ga Maris, 1823, an sanya shi Manjo, kuma a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1824, Laftanar-Colonel. A cikin 1834, an sanya shi Knight na Royal Guelphic Order, kuma daga baya Abokin Bath.