<prompt> 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  <response>: .. 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. 