Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Retirement Committee of the Bard Employees’ Savings Trust 401(k) Plan:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-30217) on Form S-8 of C. R. Bard, Inc. of our report dated June 27, 2008, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Bard Employees’ Savings Trust 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the supplemental Schedule H, line 4i-schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2007 Form 11-K of the Bard Employees’ Savings Trust 401(k) Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey

June 27, 2008