EXHIBIT 23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 
10-K) of McCormick & Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries of our report 
dated January 18, 1999, included in the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders of 
McCormick & Company, Incorporated.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of McCormick & 
Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is 
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to 
express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial 
statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the 
basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material 
respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following 
Registration Statements of McCormick & Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries 
and in the related Prospectuses (if applicable) of our report dated January 
18, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of McCormick 
& Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries included in the 1998 Annual Report 
to Shareholders and incorporated by reference in this Annual Report (Form 
10-K), and our report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the 
financial statement schedule included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of 
the McCormick & Company, Incorporated.



                                Registration
                Form               Number             Date Filed
                ----               ------             ----------
                                                
                S-3               333-47611             3/9/98
                S-8               33-23727              3/21/97
                S-8               33-58197              3/23/95
                S-3               33-66614              7/27/93
                S-3               33-40920              5/29/91
                S-8               33-33724              3/2/90
                S-8               33-33725              3/2/90
                S-3               33-32712              12/12/89
                S-8               33-24660              3/16/89
                S-8               33-24658              9/15/88
                S-3               33-24659              9/15/88


                                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
February 16, 1999