Edward Vibart

Edward Daniel Hamilton Vibart was a British military officer of the British East India Company, best known as a witness and chronicler of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, called by the British the "Sepoy Mutiny". At the time of the rebellion, Vibart was 19 years old, and a company commander in the 54th Bengal Native Infantry. Vibart's observations provide some of the best records of the violence committed by both sides during the rebellion.{{cite book|author=William Dalrymple|title=The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYW5J-jQn8QC&pg=PT2|date=17 August 2009|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4088-0688-3|pages=2–}}

Vibart's father, Major Edward Vibart, served in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, and was executed on 1 July 1857 while being held prisoner by the rebels following his capture during the massacre at Kanpur on 27 June.{{cite book|author=Henry George Keene |title=A Hand-book for Visitors to Lucknow: With Preliminary Notes on Allahabad and Cawnpore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfGFMpm8UbAC&pg=PA50|year=2000|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1527-4|pages=50–}}