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.
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.