Military Commission headed by Col. Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington). The Commission had been set up Wellesley's brother Lord Mornington, who was the Governor-General. It was to report events directly to him and well as to conduct any negotiations which might be originated by Tipu. Wellesley and Macaulay remained friends and corresponded for many years after. Macaulay also served in the Third Mysore War but information about this is sparse and he was on furlough back in the U.K. twice during this period. An additional post he did occupy between 1795 and 1803 was Barrack Master, Southern Division. Resident of Travancore & Cochin He was appointed by the British East India Company as Resident of the Travancore and Cochin from 1800-1810, acting as the Governor-General's ambassador and advisor and ensuring taxes due to the Company were paid. Here he became a successful administrator at a time of great political unrest but at one point was the victim of an assassination attempt, organised by the Prime Ministers of those states, Velu Thampi Dalawa and the Paliyath Govindan Achan, when his house in Cochin was attacked. He survived this by retreating for safely to a frigate anchored in the harbour. Home Leave & Furlough Macaulay was granted leave to go on temporary furlough three times during his India service; in 1788, 1792 and 1803. However, In 1810, ill health led him to return home from India for good. His brother Zachary wrote that he had arrived "in a very emaciated and enfeebled state. He had been very ill during the passage". After an initial recovery, he suffered many more bouts of ill health. For the next 25 years he remained in the UK on furlough (with occasional trips to Europe) but still received regular promotions, a salary and command of regiments in the East India Company Army; Colonel (1812), Major General (1814) and Lieutenant General (1830). Biblical work Both in India and later back home he pursued an interest in biblical scholarship. He also promoted the interests of the British and Foreign Bible Society in its ambition to support the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages. Quilon Plates Whilst Resident of Travancore, he located and rescued the long lost Quilon Syrian copper plates (otherwise known as the Quilon, or Kortan or Tarisapalli Plates). These possibly date from the 9th century and bear inscriptions in Tamil and other ancient scripts, setting