Wyon family

The Wyon family was an English family of traditional die-engravers and medallists, many of whom went on to work in prominent roles at the Royal Mint or as engravers in a family die business.^[1] Starting from Peter George (II) Wyon who migrated to England from Cologne, Germany many subsequent descendants of have made notable contribution to British numismatics. Over the course of the 19th-century two members of the family became Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint with many more involved in coin design.^[2][3]

• Peter George (II) Wyon
  • George Wyon (d.1796)
    • Thomas Wyon the elder (1767–1830)
      • Thomas Wyon (1792–1817)
      • Benjamin Wyon (1802–1858)
        • Alfred Benjamin Wyon (1837-1884)
        • Joseph Shepherd Wyon (1836-1873)
        • Allan Wyon (1843–1907) -M- Harriet Gairdner
          • Olive Wyon (1881–1966)
          • Allan G. Wyon 1882–1962) -M- Eileen May Trench
            • 1 Daughter
          • Guy Alfred Wyon (1883–1924), pathologist
      • Edward William Wyon (1811–1885) -M- Elizabeth Smyth
        • Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872)
    • William Wyon (1795–1851)
      • Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891)
    • Peter Wyon (1797–1822)
    • George Wyon (1771) -M- Elizabeth Phillips
      • James Wyon (1804–1868)
        • George William Wyon (1836–1862)
        • Henry Wyon (1834–1856)
      • John George Wyon (1806)
        • Edward Wyon(1857-1906)