Who was the Second Earl of Granville?

In the course of interpretation at Old Salem I mention that the Moravians purchased 100,000 acres of land of which Salem was a part. 

From time to time people wonder out loud if the Moravians stole, or otherwise cheated, the land from the Cherokee Nation. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the Moravians succored the Cherokee as possible. It was the Second Earl of Granville that sold them the land.

Who was the Earl?

He was of Norman descent born in 1690 and died in 1763.

He was educated at the best of schools including Christ Church, Oxford University.  He was, we are told, almost the only English nobleman of his time that knew German, the language of the Moravians. Who cannot see the Providence of God, his guiding hand, in the way language linked the Earl and the Moravian German speakers?

The Earl had inherited a 60-mile wide strip of land in North Carolina adjoining the Virginia boundary, that became known as the Granville District.  

The German speaking Moravians enjoyed a widely recognized reputation for sober hard work, kindness and decency. This was known to the Earl. What if he could point to a flourishing community of these godly people on his land? Would that attract more settlers? To see he offered the Moravians the opportunity to purchase, at a favorable price, 100,000 acres. They gladly made the purchase and named the track - Wachovia. 

His legacy lives on. In North and South Carolina and beyond a number of counties and streets were named for Lord Granville.