I don't believe that even Lady Caroline Lamb was consciously courting VD.

If you're asserting that what 'girls' want is a charismatic bastard (and incidentally, how do you square that with thinking that Ann might prefer Rivers? Do you not consider Ann female?) then how does that relate to potential partners for Patrick?

I think some people here would see him as a charismatic Junior Byron type, and some as quite the reverse.