Josiah Bland

In the novel The Clocks, Josiah Bland is a builder and occupant of 61 Wilbraham Crescent.

His first wife was named Valerie and later to Hilda. When a distant relative of Valerie died, Josiah made Hilda pose as Valerie to get axcess to the money. Some time later a man named Quentin Duguesclin came to look for Valerie. Josiah killed him.