Eugene Condell Leonard Parkinson QC (11 October 1905 – 7 March 1980[citation needed]) was a Jamaican politician.
He was born at Rock River, Clarendon, Jamaica to Dr Elkanah Walcott Parkinson who was a druggist & chemist at Highgate; St Mary & Elizabeth Sultana Parkinson (née Warmington) who came from Macca Tree, St Catherine.
He followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a druggist and Chemist in Annotto Bay after leaving St. George's College, Jamaica in 1924, he also completed a tour of private tuition.
He decided that being a chemist was not for him and departed for England to study law in 1943 and was called to the Bar London's inner Temple- three years later on July 3, 1946 - counsel.
He made international news by berating the Russians for their deplorable act of imposing the death sentence upon two Jews who had attempted to hijack a plane to fly them out of iron curtain incineration & to freedom .