It's harder to secure patronage from a senior politician if you come to politics later in life (as female MPs, particularly those who have children tend to) or have less time available to build a network propping up the bar at the Carlton Club.
He probably did this because, having no private income, he wished to secure patronage to help him advance politically.
Following in the footsteps of this competent practitioner, Wilson eventually secured the patronage of the great and the good.
At an early age, he secured the patronage of Mr. Hu, who led the Youth League in the early 1980s and brought Mr. Ling to the General Office in 1995.
She commissioned works of art and secured royal patronage for writers and painters; her brother, the Marquis de Marigny, was Louis XV's minister for the arts.
The historical Bruno ended up in Paris where he secured the patronage of some of France's most powerful men, notably King Henry III.
Before their first season was unveiled, they had secured the patronage of the fashion designer Giorgio Armani and drawn fire from the Australian actor Colin Moody, a departing company member, who in a parting shot said that "an Oscar for acting is not a suitable recommendation to run the biggest theater company in the country".
During the 19th century painters in Western societies began to lose their social position and secure patronage.
Despite his strategically placed literary dedication to Cosimo, Vasari, in his forties and still without secure patronage, had to wait nearly five years for the summons to Florence to serve the Duke.
A steady drumbeat of criticism about the UN agencies during the 1990s, led by right-wing leaders in Congress, has left the impression of nearly moribund institutions, busy securing patronage slots for friends and relatives, and disconnected from the rapid advances in technology, finance and globalisation.
