Jacintha Laura May Buddicom (10 May 1901 – 4 November 1993)[1] was an English poet and a childhood friend of George Orwell (Eric Blair).

With Prosper and Guiny, Blair enjoyed shooting, fishing and birdwatching, while with Jacintha he preferred to read and write poetry and dream of future intellectual adventures.

Their last time alone together was on holiday at Rickmansworth in the summer of 1921, when Blair had attempted to take their relationship further than Buddicom was ready for in what was characterised as a botched seduction.

[5][a] When Blair left for Burma the following year, he wrote to Buddicom complaining about his life there but she was unsympathetic to his letters and stopped writing back.

After her death, her cousin Dione Venables, who was left the copyrights for the book and a quantity of family papers, did much in-depth research, and in 2006 published a revised edition of Eric & Us, which revealed the Rickmansworth incident in 1921.