They who succeeded were acknowledged to be the cream of the land.

They who dominated in it were the cream of the cream.

Those two who were elected to be the chiefs of the two parties had more of cream in their composition than any others.

But he who could be the chief of the strongest party, and who therefore, in accordance with the prevailing arrangements of the country, should have the power of making dukes, and bestowing garters and appointing bishops, he who by attaining the first seat should achieve the right of snubbing all before him, whether friends or foes, he, according to the feelings of Sir Timothy, would have gained an Elysium of creaminess not to be found in any other position on the earth's surface.

No man was more warmly attached to parliamentary government than Sir Timothy Beeswax; but I do not think that he ever cared much for legislation.
Parliamentary management was his forte.