Why did the British Empire have an interest in Egypt?

Sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532. i found this information on wikipedia

Democracy and darwinism would be my answer.

It's either a or d. i'm pretty sure it's d though as rome fell in 476 c.e