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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.2




                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Eldorado Bancorp:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the 1995 Stock Option Plan
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Eldorado Bancorp of our report dated
January 25, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Eldorado
Bancorp and subsidiary (the "Company") as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1994, which report is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1994,
annual report on Form 10-K of Eldorado Bancorp.

Our report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company, dated
January 25, 1995, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the
Company changed its method of accounting for investments in debt and equity
securities to adopt the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, "Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities," in 1994.

                                        KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Orange County, California
June 29, 1995