Early Life
Harold Hanson was born in Johannesburg, son of Ralph Hanson, a Rand pioneer and Clara Lewis. He was educated at Twist Street Government Primary School, Johannesburg and King Edward VII High School where he passed the Matriculation Exam at the age of fourteen. Hanson studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand and was called to the Bar in 1926 at the age of 22. He subsequently built up a large practice in Johannesburg dealing with civil, criminal and political cases.
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