The first canal in england was developed by whom i will mark brainliest if you are correct. try your best and be right. i selected 90 points to give, it doesn't always come out that way though.

For reasons of economy and the constraints of 18th-century engineering technology, the early canals were built to a narrow width. The standard for the dimensions of narrow canal locks was set by Brindley with his first canal locks, those on the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1776.

I'd think the answer would be james brindley, but from your options, I'd say Francis Egerton because he's known for the Bridgewater Canal, which is the first canal in Englad.  So A.