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                                                                EXHIBIT 23(c)


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
BayBanks, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of Bank of Boston Corporation of the following reports:

         (i) our report dated January 18, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
         balance sheets of BayBanks, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,
         1995 and 1994, 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, 1995, which report has been
         incorporated by reference in the Bank of Boston Corporation and
         BayBanks, Inc. Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus dated March 18, 1996;
         and

         (ii) our report dated June 7, 1996, relating to the statements of
         financial condition of BayBanks Savings and Profit Sharing Plan, which
         is a part of BayBanks, Inc. Savings, Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership
         Plan, as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, the related statements of
         income and changes in plan equity for each of the years in the
         three-year period ended December 31, 1995, and the related supplemental
         schedules, which report appears in the plan's Annual Report on Form
         11-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.


                                               /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP




Boston, Massachusetts
July 26, 1996