Exhibit 23.2

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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The Board of Directors
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements  No.
333-133591,  No.  333-86986,  No.  333-51187  and No.  333-53001  on Form S-8 of
Peapack-Gladstone  Financial  Corporation (the  Corporation) of our report dated
February 27, 2007,  with respect to the  consolidated  statement of condition of
Peapack-Gladstone  Financial Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2006,
and the related  consolidated  statements  of income,  changes in  shareholders'
equity,  and cash  flows  for each of the  years in the  two-year  period  ended
December 31, 2006, which report is incorporated by reference in the December 31,
2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.

Our  report  referred  to the  Corporation's  adoption  of SEC Staff  Accounting
Bulletin  No. 108,  "Considering  the Effects of Prior Year  Misstatements  when
Quantifying  Misstatements  in Current Year Financial  Statements" on January 1,
2006.

                                    /S/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
March 10, 2008

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