Line of Duty’s Lester Hargreaves (played by Tony Pitts) was named as one of the corrupt police officers working with the organised crime group in season five.

What happened to James Hargreaves?

In 1764 Hargreaves built what became known as the Spinning-Jenny. The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun from a corresponding set of rovings. … By the time James Hargreaves died in 1778, over 20,000 Spinning-Jenny machines were being used in Britain.

Did James Hargreaves get rich off the spinning jenny?

As stated above, James Hargreaves is famous for the invention of the spinning jenny in 1764. Simply put, the spinning jenny was a machine that used a large wheel to spin many spindles of thread at once. … While Hargreaves sold his invention to several mills in the area, he made very little money from his work.