Exhibit
23.1
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S CONSENT
We
consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
of Two Harbors Investment Corp. on Form S-11, File No. 333-165556 of our
report, which includes an explanatory paragraph as to Capitol Acquisition
Corp.’s (a development stage company) ability to continue as a going concern,
dated March 13, 2009, with respect to our audits of the financial
statements of Capitol Acquisition Corp. (a development stage company) as of
December 31, 2008 and for the year ended December 31, 2008 and for the
period from June 26, 2007 (inception) through December 31, 2007, which
report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such
Prospectus.
We were
dismissed as auditors on October 30, 2009 and, accordingly, we have not
performed any audit or review procedures with respect to any financial
statements appearing in such Prospectus for the periods after the date of our
dismissal.
/s/
Marcum LLP
Marcum
LLP
Melville,
New York
April 5,
2010