| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
| Charles Ernest St John Branch | |
| Office: | 23rd Chief Justice of Ceylon |
| Appointer: | William Manning |
| Term Start: | 3 July 1925 |
| Term End: | 25 May 1926 |
| Predecessor: | Anton Bertram |
| Successor: | Stanley Fisher |
| Office1: | Chief Justice of Jamaica |
| Term Start1: | 1923 |
| Term End1: | 1925 |
| Predecessor1: | Sir Anthony Coll |
| Successor1: | Fiennes Barrett-Lennard |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Trinidad |
| Death Date: | 1939 |
| Death Place: | Horsham, West Sussex, UK |
| Children: | Denzil Templer Branch |
| Alma Mater: | Durham University |
Sir Charles Ernest St John Branch KC (2 June 1865 - 1939), known as St John Branch, was a British colonial administrator, who served as Chief Justice of Jamaica 1923-25 and the 23rd Chief Justice of Ceylon 1925-26.
Branch was born in San Ferdinand, Trinidad, the eldest son of Rev. Canon Branch.
He was assistant attorney-general of the British Leeward Islands in 1900. In 1910 he was made Auditor General of Jamaica and in 1921 a puisne judge in the Straits Settlements. In 1923 he returned to Jamaica as Chief Justice, a position he held until 1925. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1924 Birthday Honours.
On 3 July 1925 he was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon, succeeding Anton Bertram, a position he held until 25 May 1926, when he was succeeded by Stanley Fisher.[1] [2]
He died in Horsham, West Sussex in 1939.
Branch married at Christ Church, Crookham, on 24 March 1900, to Agnes Irene Templer, daughter of Philip Arthur Templer, former Administrator of Dominica.[3] They had two sons, the younger of which was killed in World War II.
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