Colonial Despatches

Joseph Shepherd Wyon was born on 28 July 1836, the son of Benjamin Wyon, chief engraver of the seals from 1831 to 1858. Upon the death of his father, Joseph was appointed chief engraver of the seals, on 2 December 1858, a post he held until his death at Winchester on 12 August 1873.1

• 1. W. W. Wroth, Wyon, Joseph Shepherd, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.