Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
The Marquis of Ponte de Lima | |
Honorific-Suffix: | KC FC |
Office: | Secretary of the State of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves |
Predecessor: | Martinho de Melo e Castro |
Successor: | Viscount of Balsemão |
Term Start: | 1 April 1786 |
Term End: | 15 December 1788 |
Monarch2: | Maria I of Portugal |
Office2: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs and War of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves |
Predecessor2: | Martinho de Melo e Castro |
Successor2: | Viscount of Balsemão |
Term Start2: | 1 April 1786 |
Term End2: | 15 December 1788 |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1727 |
Spouse: | Eugénia Maria Josefa of Braganza |
Occupation: | Politician |
Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva, 1st Marquis of Ponte de Lima, 13th Count of Vila Nova de Cerveira (12 October 1727 — 23 December 1800), was a Portuguese nobleman, statesman, and historian.
Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva was a Fidalgo of the Royal Household of Maria I of Portugal and a knight of the Order of Christ.
He served as the head of the Portuguese government from 1786 to 1788.