Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bisset ya isa Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin yaro a 1820 kuma, an ba shi izini a matsayin mai ba da izini a cikin Cape Mounted Riflemen a 1835, ya yi yaƙi a cikin
Yaƙe-yaƙe na 6th, 7th da 8th Frontier. Ya zama Kwamandan Kwamandansa kuma ya ci gaba da zama Gwamnan Natal a 1865. Ya kuma zama colonel na 106th Regiment na Ƙafa.