Andrew Garran (19 November 1825 – 6 June 1901), English-Australian journalist and politician, was the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald from 1873 to 1885.

Due to poor health, he spent eighteen months as a private tutor in the Madeira Islands seeking a better climate, returning to London the following year.

The family lived in a terrace on Phillip Street, near Martin Place, where they kept a dairy cow, which would graze during the day in The Domain.

[3] However, Garran did not retire completely, and on 15 February 1887 was given a life appointment to the New South Wales Legislative Council.

In 1890, the Premier of New South Wales, Henry Parkes, appointed Garran as president of the Royal Commission into the 1890 Australian maritime dispute.

He was a member of the New South Wales Board of Technical Education, and was a trustee of Sydney Grammar School.