Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730,
Barwald Górny – 1819) was a
Polish nobleman,
magnate, count, diplomat, politician, military commander and one of the leaders of the
Targowica Confederation. He was appointed the Great Crown
Podstoli in 1764, Ambassador in Berlin in 1765,
Master of the Hunt of the Crown in 1766–1773, Artillery General of Lithuania in 1768–1773, Ambassador in Moscow in 1771, Field Crown Hetman in 1773 and Great Crown
Hetman of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1774 and 1794.