Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: Muda mfupi baada ya ndoa yake, Somerset aliendelea Cape Colony, ambapo baba yake alikuwa gavana, na aliwahi na Cape Mounted Rifles katika
Vita vya Xhosa. Mnamo Machi 25, 1823, alipewa cheo cha Major, na Julai 17, 1824, alipewa cheo cha Luteni-Kolonela. Mnamo 1834, alifanywa Knight wa Royal Guelphic Order, na baadaye Companion wa Bath.