EXHIBIT 23.1



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Resource Bankshares Corporation


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-
on Form S-8 of Resource Bankshares Corporation of our report dated Janury 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, shareholders 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, LLP

Norfolk, Virginia
September 28, 2001