SUBSIDIARIES OF WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION

                                   EXHIBIT 21

Wilmington Trust Corporation has eight direct subsidiaries, Wilmington Trust
Company, a Delaware-chartered bank and trust company, Wilmington Trust of
Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-chartered bank and trust company, Wilmington Trust
FSB, a federally-chartered savings bank headquartered in Maryland, Rodney Square
Management Corporation, a registered investment adviser, Wilmington Trust
Investment Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser, WT Investments,
Inc. and GTBA Holdings, Inc., Delaware holding companies, and Wilmington Trust
(UK) Limited, a holding company organized under the laws of England. Wilmington
Trust Company has the following active direct subsidiaries:



                             Name                                 Jurisdiction
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1.      Brandywine Insurance Agency, Inc.                        Delaware
2.      Brandywine Finance Corporation                           Delaware
3.      Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc.                       Delaware
4.      Wilmington Trust SP Services (New York), Inc.            Delaware
5.      Wilmington Brokerage Services Company                    Delaware
6.      Wilmington Trust Global Services, Ltd.                   Delaware
7.      WTC Camden, Inc.                                         Delaware
8.      Wilmington Trust (Cayman), Ltd.                          Cayman Islands
9.      Wilmington Trust (Channel Islands), Ltd.                 Channel Islands


Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc. has three wholly-owned subsidiaries, Special
Services Delaware, Inc. and Wilmington Trust SP Services (Delaware), Inc.,
incorporated in Delaware, and Wilmington Trust SP Services (Nevada), Inc.,
incorporated in Nevada.

GTBA Holdings, Inc. owns 90% of the equity interests in Grant Tani Barash &
Altman, LLC, a registered investment adviser, and 100% of the equity interests
in Grant, Tani, Barash & Altman Management, Inc., a registered investment
adviser.

Wilmington Trust (UK) Limited owns SPV Management Limited and SPV Advisers
Limited, corporations organized under the laws of England. SPV Management
Limited owns Lord SPV Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of
England, SPV Management (Dublin) Limited, a corporation organized under the laws
of Ireland, SPV Management (Italia) SRL, a corporation organized under the laws
of Italy, SPV Jersey Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the
Channel Islands, and SPV Management Cayman Limited, a corporation organized
under the laws of the Cayman Islands. SPV Management Limited also owns a 51%
interest in Bedell SPV Management (Jersey) Limited, a corporation organized
under the laws of the Channel Islands.