[3] Following a launch of a programme by Mill in July 1870, and organisational work in which Thomas Hare and Jacob Bright were involved, the Association held its first public meeting in 1871.
[16] Maxse described as "trusted Radicals and working class politicians" the group of supporters Edmond Beales, Charles Dilke, George Jacob Holyoake, Lloyd Jones, Benjamin Lucraft, Edward Miall, Walter Morrison, George Odger, Peter Alfred Taylor and John Weston.
[17] The LTRA initially grew out of the Radical Club, and Dilke acted as its secretary in its early life.
[18] There were supporters in common of the First International (IWMA) and the LTRA, such as Joseph Lane the socialist and William Randal Cremer, as well as Lucraft and Odger.
[20][21] Mill's advocacy of taxing the "unearned increment" won the support of Robert Applegarth, an IWMA delegate.