Divisions William Henry Branson (1887 – 1961) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator.

In 1920 Branson was called as a missionary to Africa, where he organized the division and administered it from 1920 to 1930.

From 1946 to 1950 he gave leadership to the denomination's work in China during a time of "great perplexity."

In 1950 Branson was elected to the highest administrative post in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, president of the General Conference.

[1] Helderberg College of Higher Education (1893), the first College of the Seventh-day Adventist Church established outside the US, named the administration building "Branson Hall" in honour of Branson who was president of the South African Division at the time when the college moved to its present site in 1928.