Why did Thomas Babington Macaulay travel to India in 1834?

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay traveled to India in 1834 after accepting an invitation to serve on the newly created Supreme Council of India. He was motivated by the prospect of earning a salary that would allow him to secure a financial competence for life.1