Nelson's leadership, tactics, and political blind spots

Did Nelson have more in common with Blake or Duncan than with Anson or Hawke because his strength was personnel leadership rather than tactics?

Not entirely; Nelson was also an excellent tactician and strategist, though political judgment and assumptions about opponents' speed were genuine weaknesses.

Nelson and Duncan receive high assessments for tactics and strategy as well as personnel leadership, with differences among these leading admirals treated as matters of degree. Nelson's use of one captured ship as a bridge to board another demonstrates his tactical inventiveness. His speed could also become a strategic weakness when he expected opponents to arrive as quickly as he did, then went looking for them elsewhere. His political judgment attracts sharper criticism, particularly his failure to appreciate the reputational consequences of an affair in which both partners were married.