CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

                                   EXHIBIT 23



            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors
Wilmington Trust Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 333-124248, 333-69479 and 33-43675) on Forms S-8 of Wilmington Trust
Corporation of our report dated June 27, 2006, with respect to the statements of
net assets available for benefits of the Wilmington Trust Thrift Savings Plan as
of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the related statement of changes in net
assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related
supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2005,
which report appears in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 11-K/A of
the Wilmington Trust Corporation.


                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 27, 2006