**Exhibit 21**

 

**Subsidiariesof Registrant**

 
| **LEGAL  NAME**                                 | ** ** | **CITY/STATE**     | ** ** | **PERCENTAGE  OWNED** | ** ** |
|-------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|-----------------------|------------|
|                                            |       | **(location****)** |       |                  |       |   |
|                                            |       |               |       |                  |       |   |
| **MERCANTILE** **BANKSHARES  CORPORATION** |       | Baltimore, MD      |       |                  |       |   |
| Annapolis Banking and  Trust Company, The       |       | Annapolis, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| A B & T Holdings &  Investments, Inc.   |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Annapolis Mortgage Company  *****               |       | Annapolis, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Citizens National Bank,  The                    |       | Laurel, MD         |       | 100                   |       |   |
| C N B Holdings &  Investments, Inc.         |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| C N B Realty Holdings,  Inc.(1)                 |       | Laurel, MD         |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Farmers & Mechanics  Bank                   |       | Frederick, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| CC Title Services, LLLP                         |       | Columbia, MD       |       | 60                    |       |   |
| Keller Stonebraker  Insurance Group, Inc.       |       | Hagerstown, MD     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Key Holdings, Inc.                              |       | Frederick, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Key Management, Inc.                            |       | Frederick, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Potomac Basin Group Associates,  Inc.           |       | Beltsville, MD     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Fidelity Bank, The                              |       | Hagerstown, MD     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| FB Holdings &  Investments, Inc.*           |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Marshall National Bank and  Trust Company       |       | Marshall, VA       |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MBC Agency, Inc.                                |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Life Insurance  Company              |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MBC Financial Corporation                       |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Shared Tower Sites, LLC                         |       | McLean, VA         |       | 10                    | .41        |   |
| Mercantile Absolute Return  Fund LLC            |       | Dover, DE          |       | <52                |       |   |
| Mercantile Alternative  Strategies Fund LLC     |       | Dover, DE          |       | <54                |       |   |
| Mercantile/Colorado, LLC                        |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Geneos Wealth Management,  Inc.                 |       | Denver, CO         |       | 24                    | .4         |   |
| Mercantile County Bank                          |       | Elkton, MD         |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MCB Holdings &  Investments, Inc.           |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Eastern Shore  Bank                  |       | Chestertown, MD    |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MESB Holdings &  Investments, Inc.          |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Federalsburg,  LLC                   |       | Federalsburg, MD   |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Long-Short  Manager Fund LLC         |       | Dover, De          |       | <60                |       |   |
| Mercantile MOC, LLC                             |       | Linthicum, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Peninsula Bank                       |       | Princess Anne, MD  |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Property Acquisition  Corporation** (1)         |       | Onley, VA          |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Potomac Bank                         |       | Gaithersburg, MD   |       | 100                   |       |   |
| P V B Holdings &  Investments, Inc.         |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile-Safe Deposit  and Trust Company      |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MBC Leasing Corp.                               |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Agency, Inc.                         |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Capital  Advisors, Inc.              |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile/Cleveland, LLC                       |       | Wilmington, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Boyd Watterson Asset Management, LLC            |       | Cleveland, OH      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Brokerage  Services Holding, LLC     |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| Mercantile Brokerage Services, Inc.             |       | Baltimore, MD      |       | 100                   |       |   |
| MSD&T Holdings &  Investments, Inc.     |       | Selbyville, DE     |       | 100                   |       |   |

 

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| MSD&T LPC, Inc.                           |   | Selbyville, DE       |   | 100 |   |   |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|--------|-----|--------|--------|
| MPA York, Inc.(1)                             |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| Mercantile Mortgage  Corporation              |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| Dewland Corp.*(1)                             |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| Columbia National Real Estate Finance, LLC    |   | Columbia, MD         |   | 60  |   |   |
| Mercantile Mortgage, LLC                      |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 49  | .9     |   |
| West River,1, LLC                             |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| HarborPoint Capital GP, LLC                   |   | Dallas, TX           |   | 100 |   |   |
| HarborPoint Capital LP                        |   | Dallas, TX           |   | 74  |   |   |
| 17 F Hamill Road, LLC*(1)                     |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| 7050 Oakland Mills Road  Corporation(1)       |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| Orange Central Corporation                    |   | Baltimore, MD        |   | 100 |   |   |
| Mercantile Southern  Maryland Bank            |   | Prince Frederick, MD |   | 100 |   |   |
| MSMB Holdings &  Investments, Inc.        |   | Selbyville, DE       |   | 100 |   |   |
| National Bank of  Fredericksburg, The         |   | Fredericksburg, VA   |   | 100 |   |   |
| Labrador Holdings, Inc.(1)                    |   | Fredericksburg, VA   |   | 100 |   |   |
| Westminster Union Bank                        |   | Westminster, MD      |   | 100 |   |   |
| W B & T Holdings &  Investments, Inc. |   | Selbyville, DE       |   | 100 |   |   |

 

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**  ***Inactive

**Inactive from inception

(1)Created to hold property taken in lieu of foreclosure

 

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