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Yup

Linda Danvers of Florida
Ursula Buffay of New York
Deregon of Australia

All were governors.

Linda in Superman Family 200
Ursula Buffay in Mad About You
and Deregon was Governor of Australian Region in S&LSH #228

close enough!
more specifically, they were portrayed as future governors at the time of description. Linda in c.1998ish (20 years in the future of SF #200), Ursula at some unspecified point in the future as per the final ep. of M.A.Y., and of course good old Der in the 30th.

and here I worried that would be another of my too-tough ones.

Well, I remember the story from SF 200 and recognized Deregon.

mine triad:

Red Riding Hood
Angelique
Monte Carlo

Here's a hint: Holland

Triumph
Parrot
Fringe

are three more that fit the triad.

kinds of tulips?

That is correct

Nicholas Breakspear
Joshua Norton
Jeff Gladwyn

Self-declared Emperors?

nope; only one of them was.

Born in England?

that's part of it, but so were millions of others.

There is something more significant they share as well.

Englishmen who became Emperors of places not within the British Empire?

again; only one of them was an emperor per se.

the British Empire aspect only plays in indirectly, and only for Norton was the British Empire completely unconnected.

no takers?
I'll offer a hint, and if that doesn't work I'll post an easier triad mid-week.

Hint:
Nicholas Breakspear was better known as Adrian IV.

They were Englishmen who became monarchs of somewhere else?

close, Rocky, but *monarch* doesn't accurately describe them all.

They were all Englishmen, and had a particular commonality - but NOT in actual job description.

Breakspear aka Adrian IV was the only Englishman to be Pope.

Norton was the only Emporer of the USA (even if self proclaimed).

If you mean Jebb Gladwyn rather than Jeff Gladwyn he was the only Englishman to be Acting UN Secretary General.

So I would guess they're the only Englishmen to hold a particular title.

Bevis has it!

sorry about the Jeff/Jebb mistake.

Yay me!

New Triad...

Manchester 2004
Chicago 1999
Auckland 2003

I can only guess that they were the host of some major international sporting event, but I can't say which one.

(Damn, forgot I had this one up...)

Nope, not a sporting event. It was a particular event that took place in those cities in those years. I'll add three more to the list:

Edinburgh 2006
Atlanta 2003
Boston 2006

It's been over a month now...I think it's time you just told us the answer.