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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Works

• Edward Vibart (1898). The Sepoy Mutiny as Seen by a Subaltern: from Delhi to Lucknow. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

References

1. William Dalrymple (17 August 2009). The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857. A&C Black. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-4088-0688-3.
2. Henry George Keene (2000). A Hand-book for Visitors to Lucknow: With Preliminary Notes on Allahabad and Cawnpore. Asian Educational Services. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-81-206-1527-4.