Gardner Budd

Gardner Budd
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
21 December 1966 – 13 January 1975
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byÉamon de Valera
Judge of the High Court
In office
3 October 1951 – 20 December 1966
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed bySeán T. O'Kelly
Senator
In office
14 August 1951 – 2 October 1951
ConstituencyDublin University
Personal details
Born
Frederick Gardner Orford Budd

(1904-02-11)11 February 1904
Dublin, Ireland
Died1 December 1976(1976-12-01) (aged 72)
Dublin, Ireland
Spouse
Oonagh Blennerhasset
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(m. 1931)​
Children4
Alma mater

Frederick Gardner Orford Budd (11 February 1904 – 1 December 1976) was an Irish judge, barrister and politician who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1966 to 1975, a Judge of the High Court from 1951 to 1966, and a Senator for the Dublin University constituency from 1951 to 1961.

In 1925, he was a scholar of Trinity College Dublin studying Modern History and Political Science.[1]

He was elected to Seanad Éireann as an Independent Senator in August 1951 for the Dublin University constituency.[2] He resigned from the Seanad on 2 October 1951, following his appointment as a judge of the High Court.[2] William J. E. Jessop won the subsequent by-election.

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland in 1966 and served on the court until 1975. He is credited for his role in some of the most progressive decisions of the Supreme Court during his time, often forming a 3/2 majority with Judge Brian Walsh and Chief Justice Cearbhall O Dalaigh.[3]

Budd married Oonah Blennerhassett in August 1931 and they had one son, (Declan Budd, a High Court justice), and three daughters.[4]

References

  1. ^ "List of Scholars". Trinity College Dublin. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Frederick Budd". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. ^ Ruadhan Mac Cormaic, The Supreme Court. Penguin 2016, p.135.
  4. ^ Dempsey, Pauric J. "Budd, Frederic Gardner Orford". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 27 April 2022.