I am related to the Budds through my mother.  I used to sit on my great Aunty Lil’s bed as she showed me her only son’s pilot logbook from World War Two.  Her son was William Hayward Budd - she had married into the Budd family and her husband, Herbert Hayward Budd was a doctor until his death in South Africa in 1927.  A trip to South Africa in 2009 rekindled my interest in the family.  Since then I have spent many hundreds of hours researching this fascinating family.  This site contains some of the highlights from my research. 

I have found my research educational, illuminating, but above all, humbling.  So if this site goes the smallest way to recording the lives of these remarkable people, then every hour will have been well spent. 

I will publish updates from time to time, and in the meantime, I would love to hear from anyone who is interested, has information, or just wants to get in touch.