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Harry Augustus Hayfron-Benjamin (born on 14 April 1938 – 4 February 2019) was a Ghanaian Lawyer and prosecutor. He was the Chairman of the Tema Dry Dock and principal legal advisor to the Special Branch of the Ghana Police Service as well as being a Chief State Attorney for over two decades. He attended Saint Augustine’s College.

Hayfron-Benjamin was born in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana on April 14 1938. Harry began his elementary education at the Jubilee Catholic School in Cape Coast and later transferred to Osei Tutu Boarding School in Kumasi in 1947. He gained admission to St. Augustines College, Cape Coast after writing the common entrance. After sixth form he gained admission to the University of Ghana (Legon) Law School where he joined the pioneer law school class. Harry Hayfron-Benjamin was called to the Bar in 1963 and joined the then prestigious Ministry of Justice as a State Attorney at the Attorney General’s Office. He quickly rose through the ranks and became the youngest Chief State Attorney in 1978. He served in this capacity in both the Greater Region and the Western Region for over two decades and was a member of many Commissions of Enquiry. Harry passed away on the 4 February 2019 at the Korle Bu teaching hospital after a brief illness. He was married to Margaret Ekua Hayfron-Benjamin (Nee Idun) and had four children. Harry was the son of the eminent and brilliant Gold Coast lawyer Charles Frederick Hayfron-Benjamin. He was also the younger brother of Robert John Hayfron-Benjamin, the former Chief Justice of Botswana and the first cousin of Charles F. Hayfron-Benjamin, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.