Robert Hall McAslane (later McCasland and McCausland) was born on 30 November 1822 in Barony, Glasgow, the second child of John McAslane of Newlandmuir and Ann Hall.

On 10 February 1863, he received a Grant of Arms as Robert McCasland of Newlandmuir.

The document included details of his ancestry, stating that he was:

“Eldest son of John McCausland Esquire of Newlandmuir aforesaid by Anne, his wife, daughter of the later Robert Hall, Merchant in Glasgow, by Bethia his wife, daughter of James Steele Esquire of Inchnauch in the Parish of New Monkland and County of Lanark;

“which John was youngest son of Robert McCausland, sheep farmer in Westrtoun of Ardincaple by Jean his Wife, daughter of Aulay McAulay, Sheep Farmer in Blairnerne, both in the Parish of Row in the County of Dunbarton;

“which Robert was youngest son of Robert McCausland, Sheep Farmer in Stukkidow and Auchingach in the last mentioned Parish and County by Elizabeth Erskine his Wife of that place as evidenced by a Drawing of Tombstones in Row Churchyard, Dunbartonshire produced with the said Patentee’s petition.

“That it was said the Ancestors of the last mentioned Robert McCausland had been in Stukkidow from a very remote period and extending over nine generations as extracted from an old M.S. Book written by the Petitioner’s Father in and previous to the year Eighteen hundred and thirty four.

He died on 04 January 1873 in Glasgow and was buried in the churchyard of Rhu in Dunbartonshire where his gravestone features a reproduction of his coat of arms.