Roger Parker

Sir Roger Jocelyn Parker (25 February 1923 – 21 May 2011) was a British barrister and judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1983 to 1992. Biography Early life Parker was the son of Captain The Honourable Trevor Tempest Parker, DSC, RN and Marieka Louise Leonie, née Kleinwort, of the Kleinwort banking family. Both his grandfather, Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, and his uncle, Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, were senior judges. Parker grew up in London and Sussex. He was educated at Eton College, before serving in the Rifle Brigade during the Second World War. Parker saw action in Italy and Austria, attained the rank of captain, and was mentioned in dispatches.