Major-General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, KCB, CMG, born 1839, was a South African colonial military commander. He served in the 9th Xhosa War (1877–1878), First Matabele War (1893–1894), and other campaigns. During the Second Boer War (1899–1902), he commanded the Colonial Division in 1900, and the Colonial Defence Force of Cape Colony in 1901.