Exhibit 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Resource Bankshares Corporation

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Resource Bankshares Corporation of our report dated January 30,
2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Resource Bankshares
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders'  equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2000, which report
appears in the December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10K of Resource
Bankshares Corporation.

                                      /s/ Goodman & Company, L.L.P.

Norfolk, Virginia
March 26, 2001