In 1866 he began a long connection with The Times: he was the paper's parliamentary reporter 1866-1886, its summary-writer for the House of Commons 1886-98, and from 1898 its summary-writer for the House of Lords.
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Formerly, as stated by Joseph Gillow, Thompson Cooper, Thomas Francis Knox, etc., it was preserved in the archives of the Old Chapter; from 1879 it has been in the Westminster Diocesan Archives.
In the Dictionary of National Biography published 1885, Thompson Cooper calls it "a most meritorious work," writing "the affinities of the Celtic words being traced in most of the languages of ancient and modern times. To it is prefixed a Gaelic grammar, and there is a short historical appendix of ancient names, deduced from the authority of Ossian and other poets."
He is conjectured (Thompson Cooper in the Dictionary of National Biography) to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of Ashwell, Hertfordshire.