**Exhibit21**

 

**Subsidiariesof Registrant**

 
| **Legal Name**                                          | ** ** | **City/State**       | ** ** | **Percentage  Owned** | ** ** |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|-----------------------|------------|
| ** **                                                   | ** ** | **(location)**       | ** ** | ** **            | ** ** |
|                                                         |       |                 |       |                  |       |
| **MERCANTILE  BANKSHARES CORPORATION**                       |       | Baltimore, MD        |       |                  |       |
| Annapolis  Banking & Trust Company, The                  |       | Annapolis, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| A B & T  Holdings & Investments, Inc.                |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Annapolis  Mortgage Company*                                 |       | Annapolis, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Citizens  National Bank, The                                 |       | Laurel, MD           |       | 100.00                |       |
| C N B Holdings  & Investments, Inc.                      |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| C N B Realty  Holdings, Inc.(1)                              |       | Laurel, MD           |       | 100.00                |       |
| Farmers &  Mechanics Bank                                |       | Frederick, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| CC Title  Services, LLLP                                     |       | Columbia, MD         |       | 60.00                 |       |
| (Fidelity Bank,  a division of Farmers & Mechanics Bank) |       | Hagerstown, MD       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Keller  Stonebraker Insurance Group, Inc.                    |       | Hagerstown, MD       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Key Holdings,  Inc.                                          |       | Frederick, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Key Management,  Inc.                                        |       | Frederick, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Potomac Basin  Group Associates, Inc.                        |       | Beltsville, MD       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Marshall  National Bank and Trust Company                    |       | Marshall, VA         |       | 100.00                |       |
| MBC Agency, Inc.                                             |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile Life  Insurance Company                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| MBC Financial  Corporation                                   |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Wireless  Partners, LLC                                      |       | McLean, VA           |       | 10.36                 |       |
| Mercantile  Absolute Return Fund LLC                         |       | Dover, DE            |       | <38.00             |       |
| Mercantile  Alternative Strategies Fund LLC                  |       | Dover, DE            |       | <47.00             |       |
| Mercantile/Colorado,  LLC                                    |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Geneos Wealth  Management, Inc.                              |       | Denver, CO           |       | 21.28                 |       |
| Mercantile  County Bank                                      |       | Elkton, MD           |       | 100.00                |       |
| MCB Holdings  & Investments, Inc.                        |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Eastern Shore Bank                               |       | Chestertown, MD      |       | 100.00                |       |
| MESB Holdings  & Investments, Inc.                       |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Federalsburg, LLC                                |       | Federalsburg, MD     |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Long-Short Manager Fund LLC                      |       | Dover, DE            |       | < 48.00            |       |
| Mercantile MOC,  LLC                                         |       | Linthicum, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Peninsula Bank                                   |       | Princess Anne, MD    |       | 100.00                |       |
| Property  Acquisition Corporation**(1)                       |       | Onley, VA            |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile-Safe  Deposit and Trust Company                   |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| MBC Leasing  Corp.                                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Agency, Inc.                                     |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Capital Advisors, Inc.                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile/Cleveland,  LLC                                   |       | Wilmington, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| Boyd Watterson  Asset Management, LLC                        |       | Cleveland, OH        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Brokerage Services Holding, LLC                  |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Brokerage Services, Inc.                         |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| MSD&T  Holdings & Investments, Inc.                  |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| MSD&T LPC,  Inc.                                         |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| MPA York,  Inc.(1)                                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Mortgage Corporation                             |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Dewland  Corp.*(1)                                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Columbia  National Real Estate Finance, LLC                  |       | Columbia, MD         |       | 60.00                 |       |
| Mercantile  Mortgage, LLC                                    |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 49.90                 |       |
| West River, 1, LLC                                           |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| HarborPoint  Capital GP, LLC                                 |       | Dallas, TX           |       | 100.00                |       |
| HarborPoint  Capital LP                                      |       | Dallas, TX           |       | 74.00                 |       |
| (Mercantile  Potomac Bank, a division of Merc-Safe)          |       | Gaithersburg, MD     |       | 100.00                |       |
| 17 F Hamill  Road, LLC*(1)                                   |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| 7050 Oakland  Mills Road Corporation(1)                      |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Orange Central  Corporation                                  |       | Baltimore, MD        |       | 100.00                |       |
| Mercantile  Southern Maryland Bank                           |       | Prince Frederick, MD |       | 100.00                |       |
| MSMB Holdings  & Investments, Inc.                       |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |
| National Bank of  Fredericksburg, The                        |       | Fredericksburg, VA   |       | 100.00                |       |
| Labrador  Holdings, Inc.(1)                                  |       | Fredericksburg, VA   |       | 100.00                |       |
| Westminster  Union Bank                                      |       | Westminster, MD      |       | 100.00                |       |
| W B & T  Holdings & Investments, Inc.                |       | Selbyville, DE       |       | 100.00                |       |

 

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*Inactive

** Inactive frominception

(1) Created tohold property taken in lieu of foreclosure

 

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