Francisco de Lima e Silva (8 July 1785 – 2 December 1853) was a Brazilian military officer and politician who served twice as regent of the Empire of Brazil during the minority of emperor Pedro II.

Once the rebellion was suppressed, Lima e Silva was nomidated interim president of the province of Pernambuco and of the military commission that was assembled to carry on the trial of the confederate rebels from 1824 to 1825, being accused of trying to retardate the execution of their sentences.

[1][2] On 17 June 1831, he was again elected as regent, this time for a permanent triumviral regency, together with João Bráulio Muniz and José da Costa Carvalho.

[2] Lima e Silva was granted the title of baron of Barra Grande by imperial letter on 18 July 1841, which he rejected,[5] although it appears in the archives of the Notary of Nobreza e Fidalguia.

[6] The title refers to the town of Barra Grande, on the border between Alagoas and Pernambuco, where imperial troops were concentrated at the time of the Confederation of the Equator.