Louis Tarrant

Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant (29 December 1903 – 23 August 1943) was an Australian cricketer who both played and umpired first-class matches in India during the 1930s.

Yadavindra succeeded his father as Maharaja of Patiala in 1938 and the following year Tarrant was appointed as his aide-de-camp with the rank of captain, the only non-Sikh ADC.

[7] In the first, beginning on 9 November 1933, Southern Punjab, captained by the Maharaja of Patiala, hosted the Englishmen at Amritsar's Alexandra Ground.

[11] In December 1934, Tarrant made up the numbers as wicket-keeper for Patiala in a non-first-class match against a Bombay XI, led by J. D. Antia.

His teammates in that game included his father, Indian Test players Lala Amarnath, Nazir Ali, and Wazir Ali, and Prince Peter of Greece, a cousin of three Kings of Greece and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the future consort of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

The 1935–36 Australian team on its tour of India. Loris (left) and Frank (right) Tarrant are either side of the 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) fast bowler Lisle Nagel in the back row.