CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

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            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Wilmington Trust Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-43675, 333-04042, 333-37928, 333-61096, 333-69479, 333-80009,
333-86748, 333-114597) on Forms S-8 and registration statements (Nos. 333-69453
and 333-76332) on Forms S-3 of Wilmington Trust Corporation of our reports dated
March 7, 2005, with respect to the consolidated statements of condition of
Wilmington Trust Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003,
and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2004, management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which
reports are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2004 annual report on
Form 10-K of Wilmington Trust Corporation. Our report dated March 7, 2005, on
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as
of December 31, 2004, refers to the exclusion of Grant Tani Barash & Altman from
management's assessment and from our audit of the internal control over
financial reporting.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 14, 2005

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