Andika mwendelezo wa aya hii - Muda mfupi baada ya ndoa yake, Somerset aliendelea na Cape Colony, ambapo baba yake alikuwa gavana, na alihudumu na Cape Mounted Rifles wakati wote wa Vita vya Xhosa
.. na 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.