Lord Charles Somerset

And a very small, very upright assistant surgeon in a red coat is coming ashore with a letter of introduction in his pocket The letter is from the Earl of Buchan.

It is addressed to the governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Charles Somerset.

And within weeks of arriving, Barry is called to the governor's house, where one of Somerset's daughters is ill.

He treats her, she recovers, and the governor and the doctor become friends.

And a very small, very upright assistant surgeon in a red coat is coming ashore with a letter of introduction in his pocket.

The letter is from the Earl of Buchan.

It is addressed to the Governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Charles Somerset.

And within weeks of arriving, Barry is called to the governor's house, where one of Somerset's daughters is ill.

And so he was originally posted in Chelsea and then the Royal Military Hospital of Plymouth, where he received a promotion to assistant surgeon to the forces in December 1815.

He was then posted in Cape Town, South Africa in 1816, where he was introduced to the governor, Lieutenant General Lord Charles Somerset.

That's a name.

Yeah.