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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2



            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Capital Southwest Corporation:

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  registration  statement on
Form S-8 of Capital  Southwest  Corporation  of our report dated April 25, 2003,
with respect to the  consolidated  statement  of financial  condition of Capital
Southwest  Corporation  and  subsidiary  as of March 31,  2003,  and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows for
each of the years in the two-year  period ended March 31, 2003, and the selected
per share data and ratios for each of the years in the  four-year  period  ended
March 31, 2003,  which report appears in the annual report to  shareholders  for
the year ended March 31, 2004, and is incorporated by reference in the March 31,
2004 annual report on Form 10-K of Capital Southwest Corporation.

                                                            KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
August 30, 2004


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